Bit off topic w.r.t Tesla but could you elaborate more on the SpaceX vs Blue Origin point?
Do they have different methods in building their rockets and their supply chains?
Do they have different methods in building their rockets and their supply chains?
“Cost as a design constraint and important variable is embraced by their culture, instead of being viewed as an evil metric that leads to a sub-optimal outcome," one [Blue Origin] executive wrote [about SpaceX].
"I believe we study a little too much and do too little," one [Blue Origin] executive wrote. "More test [rather than] more analysis will allow us to progress more quickly, iterate, and eventually succeed."
Tesla, presumably, isn't able to play that card.
1: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/other-areas/strategic-indu...
I would be surprised if they have to use this process all that often, specially now that they have reduced construction rates.