"Andi Kleen" wrote in message
...
(Josh Gigantino) writes:

A - SpaceX is about 30 people, they do operations, design and
integration
heavy machining is outsourced, no lawyers.

This seems to have changed. From their website:

(http://www.spacex.com/index.html?sec...%3A//www.space
x.com/updates.php)

"More Manufacturing In-house

Weve decided to make a significant investment in our machining and
manufacturing operations and can now build almost all the vehicle
components, including the engines, at SpaceX directly from raw blocks
of metal. It is incredible that with just a few machines, one can make
so many unique and complex metallic parts directly from 3D computer
models (almost tea, Earl Grey, black in metal). In the old days, it
would have required far more machinery and custom tools. "
"

If we ever get around to setting up a lunar colony or mining and
manufacturing on the moon, this seems to be what we'd need. The same is
true of asteroids or O'Neal colonies. Elsewhere in the lecture notes, he's
against mining and manufacturing.