Stoke Space think they have a competitor to the Raptor. This is a methane rocket-engine, lightweight, powerful. Like Relativity's [UPDATE 3/23: which actually works].
I hope it is, at least, fit for installation in a SuperHeavy. Commoditising the rocket-engine space (as it were) might even save SpaceX the cash and the hassle. Although Stoke may have some way to go before they beat Elon Musk's 29.5/31 high score.
Admittedly vendor woes are (almost) as bad as government licencing when it comes to, say, nuclear power, or to building reservoirs in California.
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