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To: NWFree
Whoops turns out Elon had nothing to do with building that tin can POS

It wasn't a "tin can." it was made out of carbon fiber composite. That's probably a major contributor to the catastrophic loss.

20 posted on 06/22/2023 7:35:18 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (cxs)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Yup. Carbon fiber is an extremely strong material. Until it isn’t. From strong to failure happens in the blink of an eye.


29 posted on 06/22/2023 7:56:38 PM PDT by cableguymn
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“it was made out of carbon fiber composite”

That’s what I don’t get. Wouldn’t carbon fiber composite be better suited for keeping something CONTAINED under pressure so that the carbon fiber would be under tension? Not the other way around?


31 posted on 06/22/2023 8:01:01 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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