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Originally Posted by red-beard

The issue is the price Space-X is willing to pay for anything. I know engineers who worked there and they left because they were starving. You pay sub-standard rates you get sub-standard parts.

True, they do burn out engineers quickly. And they are well known for using parts qualified to aerospace standards rather than space standards to save cost. BUT, it doesn’t absolve their supplier from blatant fraud. I’m glad to see this guy is facing jail time.