From: jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com   
      
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   jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca says...   
   >   
   > In the videos this week, SpaceX was seen rolling out a steel tank to   
   > hold large around of Liquid nitrogen. Would it be fair to state that   
   > they used existing equipment that spit out starship/heavy cylinders that   
   > are then welded together to build Starship?   
      
   Yes.   
      
   > How diffiocult is it to take a design meant to hold only pressure needed   
   > by engines and use it  for long term storage of liquid N2, O2 and   
   > methane at much higher pressures?   
      
   Trivial.  The storage tanks on earth don't have to be pressurized.  Just   
   well insulated to help keep cryogenic liquids in a liquid state.   
      
   > Or does SpaceX intend to allow venting and just capture the exhaust and   
   > recompress it?   
      
   Likely that given reports on the equipment already delivered to Boca   
   Chica.   
      
   Jeff   
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