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Old 08-16-2021, 11:59 AM   #4 (permalink)
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They'll have a big second-mover advantage WRT reusable launch vehicles vs SpaceX.

I also like that their production easily scales in a linear fashion... add more machines, build more in parallel. But at the same time, they won't enjoy the economies of scale SpaceX can do. He even mentions this in the video. I wonder what the failure rate for their "one big part" is vs traditional methods... like, porous spots in the print, etc?

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