Archimedes
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Beck: Neutron uses nine first-stage engines because one matches landing thrust
“The upper stage engine produces a certain amount of thrust, and you have to, you know, manage that thrust for the acceleration of the upper stage. It just so happens that coincidentally is the ideal amount of thrust to land a rocket. So, you know, you need one…”
Beck: Archimedes line can produce one rocket engine every eight days
“So what you've been walking up is the Archimedes production line, so this line right now can produce one engine every eight days”
Beck: Rocket design forces a trade-off between complex structures and stressed engines
“Now, if you make heavy structures, Then you have to make super high performance engines. So you'd be lazy on your structures and like really difficult on your engine, or you can be really lazy on your engine and really difficult on your structures.”