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Re:Crew Dragon Docks with ISS by jes on Sunday May 31, 2020 @02:05PM (#23371328)
I had not heard of Friction Stir Welding previously. Video that demonstrates the technique is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNbQH8XBgxQ

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Re:Crew Dragon Docks with ISS by 725686 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @05:00PM (#23372690)
Smarter Every Day has a very interesting video[1] inside the factory of United Launch Alliance in which, among a lot of other things, shows the friction stir welding used in their Atlas Rocket[2]:

[1] https://youtu.be/o0fG_lnVhHw

[2] https://youtu.be/o0fG_lnVhHw?t=1933

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Re:Crew Dragon Docks with ISS by jes on Sunday May 31, 2020 @06:40PM (#23373561)
This is a great video. Thank you for sharing it.
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Re:Crew Dragon Docks with ISS by redis_mlc on Sunday May 31, 2020 @07:56PM (#23374202)
The gimmick that Eclipse Aircraft (Paul Allen) used to get almost half a billion in investment is they would use FSW instead of rivets.

But that wasn't the main problem with creating a new jet, which has a myriad of other issues before certification.

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