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Old 06-23-2023, 11:00 AM   #654
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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother View Post
Thank you for the Avatar change.
Someone must have complained it was removed (not by me).
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SpaceX Starship was going to have a Carbon Fiber reusable fuel tank but I believe everything is now stainless or aluminum alloys.

Over the years the discussion around fatigue life and inspection of the carbon fiber rocket components was heavily debated issue.
CF is great until it isn't, intact to total failure is a very narrow tolerance.
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