This is part of a broader question, understanding your comparative advantage at your companies. So because we were making very slow progress with carbon fiber, I was like, okay, we've got to try something else. Now For the Falcon 9, the primary airframe is made of aluminum lithium. which is very, very good strength to weight. And actually it has about the same, maybe better strength to weight for its application than carbon fiber. (1:58:33–1:58:41)
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