The Raptor 3 engine has much better performance than the previous two rocket engines, and yet it looks much simpler. Typically things seem to need to get more complicated in order to get better. The trend seems to have been reversed here. Why?
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Because a huge amount of work has gone into streamlining it. Flanges have been removed and replaced with welds. Complex shapes are reducing the total number of parts. Each of these steps takes off a little weight, and that’s worth a lot to a company that can reuse their rocket motors.
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