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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by dnautics on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:11PM (#28044999)
and is, oddly enough, coming back to the US. There's a semiconductor fab opening in Austin courtesy of Samsung, and a semi fab in arizona courtesy of TSMC. I guess they are taking advantage of labor and technical expertise due to intel's chandler site?
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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by throw0101a on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @07:07AM (#28047801)
> I guess they are taking advantage of labor and technical expertise due to intel's chandler site?

Or geopolitical concerns.

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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by dnautics on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @11:06PM (#28056761)
Well yeah but there are 50 United States, they picked that one.
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