• hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
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    2 months ago

    same as pushing to use stainless steel for Starship.

    Which he totally didn’t do because he’s a fucking moron who likes stainless steel, nooo this is definitely a sign that his contributions are meaningful

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      It’s stronger than aluminium, as well as easier to manufacture and work in less-than-ideal conditions than carbon fiber. Useful traits when your end goal is to build a whole fuckton of the biggest, most capable, fully reusable rockets in history.

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        2 months ago

        Don’t worry, if SS ends up being a failure for any reason they’ll blame him, but if it succeeds they’ll be silent or say it was dumb luck or he had nothing to do with it.