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1 posted on 04/09/2018 8:29:17 AM PDT by Simon Green
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This “tool” is probably the mandrel for wrapping the carbon fiber roving to make the shell of the BFR.

Not sure how they will remove the tool - probably in sections. Don’t see any provision for reducing the OD.


2 posted on 04/09/2018 9:19:54 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: Simon Green

BFR—which reportedly stands for “Big F-—ing Rocket

They’ve got a sense of humor at least


3 posted on 04/09/2018 9:30:18 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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Can’t wait to see it. If I live that long.


9 posted on 04/09/2018 10:38:25 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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