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		agumonkey on April 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Changes to Models S and X allow them to travel lon... Interestingly, it seems SpaceX got to play a role developing the alloy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconel#History

s0rce on April 24, 2019 [–]

Inconel is just a group of nickel alloys, been around for years. No indication the specific alloys spaceX has developed are being used in the fuse, although they could be, however, wikipedia indicates they are used in rockets.

agumonkey on April 24, 2019 | [–]

Fair point, but it seems that SpaceX business is spreading genes to the car industry.

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