Chris Kemp, CEO von Astra Space, zerstörte seinen eigenen Lieferanten: „Wir haben einen neuen Raketenmotor. Es gab eine Firma namens Firefly. Sie gingen an die Börse. Wir haben den Motor von ihnen gekauft und es war Müll. Also konnten wir buchstäblich zweimal den gleichen Motor von ihnen bekommen, und keiner von ihnen stimmte dem CAD ab.“
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That’s the name of the game! Now, let’s all pile on Boeing!
Honestly that’s kind of a valid issue. Its a rocket engine, not some sheet metal bracket. How the heck are they sending them literal rocket engines that don’t match the cad drawings?
I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case for V1 and even V2 raptors, SpaceX has commented to the effect that early raptors were pretty different across SNs. But that’s fine if it’s all internal use, definitely not acceptable for something being sold as a COTs part.
With such complex designs, you will have some kind of NCR regarding a ICD Drawing mismatch (can be a very small variation too), especially if its a recent product. Maybe it was extreme in this case, we don’t know. But calling them out on public like this is a bit weird. You have yearly supplier rating management for this.