[larkeith]

Wouldn't you be able to recover most of the removed titanium, amortizing the majority of that guesstimated materials cost? Processing likely remains expensive, however.

[solarkraft]

I'd think so. They also 3D print a lot, but metal powder does seem expensive.

[cjsawyer]

Printed metal has huge issues with heat, and they just switched from aluminum gridfins to titanium because of the heat. I seriously doubt that they’re usung additive techniques here.