The failure came with the quench for the one of the 7 that were tested; and the only one that bent to 90 degrees without fail. Therefore, I'd say this is an improvement of some sort without a clear application. (Unless the titanium needed to quench too. Methinks this is not necessarily so.) It MIGHT have an aerospace application that would require toughness of steel with less mass.
Forging titanium and steel together --- metallurgy --- forged in fire type idea. Titanium and steel don't play well together, so this guy is trying to find ways to deal with that.
11/26/24: Starship update
Up to 25 flights per year at Boca Chica? Not in 2025. That would be one flight every couple weeks. They aren't anywhere near that capability.
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