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How SpaceX Flipped Rocket Manufacturing Operations
Lucas and Luna explore how SpaceX transformed rocket manufacturing by vertically integrating production, rethinking the factory layout, and treating each Falcon 9 and Starship like a high-volume product rather than a bespoke NASA contract. They drill into specific operational choices: building the factory in Hawthorne to shorten design-to-production cycles, reusing tooling across vehicle variants, and the decision to scrap the traditional clean-room obsession. With concrete numbers on production cadence and cost-per-kilogram reductions, this episode shows how manufacturing operations…
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