In aerospace there’s a big push for vertical integration, what about the opposite?
Design a simple rocket which components can be COTS and off the shelf which is just ordered, assembled, and operated by the aerospace company.
A steel tank and steel water jet cut and tig weld cooling Chanel closed
Design a simple rocket which components can be COTS and off the shelf which is just ordered, assembled, and operated by the aerospace company.
A steel tank and steel water jet cut and tig weld cooling Chanel closed
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Now designing, prototyping, and payload integration would probably be internal though.
"The sale also reinforces our strategic business aim to be horizontally - not vertically - integrated."
--Boeing, moments before obliterating their EELV's commercial viability
By accepting a lower performing vehicle that most welding or machine shops could make there’s way more competition.