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>>15899163
Yes, but when you weld two pieces of steel together, you introduce impurities. There's a lot of shit on the Starship that's not purely aerospace grade steel. On top of that, its being blasted by salt water moisture 24/7. Salt is literally the worst enemy of metal bar none. All the weld points that don't use laser welding probably use something that does introduce impurities, which is why we see some corrosion on the ship/booster here and there. But this alloy is brand new, and its probably not aerospace grade, but its definitely up there. I'm just saying that it's not out of the realm of possibility for SpaceX to take that alloy and start working with its SS suppliers to make aerospace grade variants of it and introducing it into their build process. Especially once the Starfactory enters volume production for rings, nosecones, and stacked sections; since SpaceX and Tesla share the same material science team.