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Been in aerospace machining twenty four years now.

I'll see your 24 years and raise you 10 more. But that talk dont mean diddlysquat and you should know it. Have you seen both sides of the fence? Have you worked in small dirty job shop third-tier contractors as well as the primary corporate giants like Boeing? Have you spent 34 years in CAD/CAM? Fixture design? Process improvement? Programming? Quality improvement? Lean manufacturing? Mill, lathe, laser, punch, press, HRSA with ceramics? You sound like a machinist. And you know Titan. How nice. Please stay on topic here. Titan is a celebrity. You knowing Titan says ZERO about your real experience in the industry. Right now you could say that every machinist at Blue Origin in HSV 'knows' Titan. I got news for ya...no one on the floor at Blue was real impressed with the guy as it was obvious to everyone there that the purpose of him being there was to use his image as a machining god to promote hiring at HSV Engines. Back to the topic. You saying Blue is not a production shop? I dont get that logic...you think Blue is some kind of prototype joint? Some kind of assembly plant like Boeing-Everett where ALL the airplanes parts are made all over the world and then fit together there? Are you high? You did not watch the video did you? I cant go into detail about the machines at blue due to ITAR stuff but dude...the LAST thing Blue has any resemblance to is a non-production shop. Blue is a state-of-the-art full scale start to finish rocket engine and rocket producing giant with long term goals that stretch decades into the future. Please watch that video again and count the number of 5axis DMG Moris you see. 5ax Mazaks. VTL's. Look closely at the new massive VTL's that are being set up. Look at the tooling area. You see those freshly poured concrete foundations? Now guess the size of the machines that they're supporting. You ever seen a 3200mm twin spindle gantry VTL with 4000mm max work diameter? Can you guess what just maybe might be getting turned on those things? Keep in mind that you're only seeing a tiny bit of whats all there in that 550,000sf facility. Look at the google satellite of 1100 Explorer Blvd, Huntsville, Alabama. You see all that area around that building? Guess who owns it? You need to do some homework dude....