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Old 14th Jul 2013, 00:16
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Interesting to read opinions about repair of the airframe. Some seem quite certain that the ship can't be repaired; those who describe themselves as experienced with composites seem rather more optimistic.

By my math, the ship minus engines costs about $170,000,000.

If repair is feasible, and the cost does not far exceed 8 figures ...

... then it makes financial sense so to do.

So I presume that those who assert the ship is a write-off, are certain that repair is not technically feasible, even on a giant budget. Perhaps because they know it can't be done without the factory tooling, for example?

I shall study with interest any posts in which knowledge and analysis take up more space than flat claims that "x is wrong," "y is bad," or "z is impossible."
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