Carbon Fibre Troubles Force Rocket Lab to Delay Neutron Debut to No Earlier Than 2027 - NASASpaceFlight.com
3 days ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spaceflight
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Your one-stop shop for spaceflight news and discussion.
All serious posts related to spaceflight are welcome! JAXA, ISRO, CNSA, Roscosmos, ULA, RocketLab, Firefly, Relativity, Blue Origin, etc. (Arca and Pythom, if you must).
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Honestly, I'm a little surprised they got as far as they have with carbon fiber - it's not a friendly material.
Sure, it has great strength to weight, but it has so many issues that come with that, it's just a pain in the ass.
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