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@Robotbeat · Dec 23, 2018

That is one of the exceptions. Only now is the US starting to approach Soviet oxygen rich staged combustion technology and metallurgy. Also, Falcon 9 is the most operated rocket, now, not Atlas. The better probes is not mere funding. Vastly superior electronics tech.

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SpaceX metallurgy team developed SX500 superalloy for 12000 psi, hot oxygen-rich gas. It was hard. Almost any metal turns into a flare in those conditions.

03:40 AM · December 23, 2018 · 0 views

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