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by inglor_cz
1559 days ago
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They also had insufficiently developed metallurgy for anything steam-related. Steam vessels need to withstand pressures that contemporary metal was incapable of tolerating. Metallurgy is a huge player in technical progress. See current SpaceX efforts to prevent their Raptor 2 engines from ever so slightly melting when fired in overdrive. |
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