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Are they planning on using this recovered first stage for a reusability test, or are they going to destructively examine it to see how all the components held u
by crystalmeph 11y ago
Are they planning on using this recovered first stage for a reusability test, or are they going to destructively examine it to see how all the components held up?
- sillysaurus3 11y agoIt might be possible to deconstruct it to examine it, then put it back together and reuse what's reusable.
- ggreer 11y agoAccording to someone who was on a press call, Musk says he's going to keep this one on the ground[1]. They'll disassemble and examine it, but it'll probably go in a museum afterwards. 1. https://twitter.com/NASAWatch/status/679129749105459200 https://twitter.com/NASAWatch/status/679129749105459200
- danielvf 11y agoThey have stated that the plan is to take it apart and learn. All previous large rockets boosters that have been recovered, have been recovered after either crashing, or crashing and then being immersed in sea water. Both of these do a lot of damage.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoFirst they get to recover all the video that they didn't get in the other stages :-) This one lands with its cameras and flash chips intact. If I were them I would tear it apart, learn from it, reassemble it, and then display it. Interest question about safeing it once it is landed. You can't just dump excess liquid oxygen are you'll end up starting fires. Fortunately it isn't like the shuttle which had Hydrazine in the OMS tanks that had to be managed post landing. I can't wait until they land one in the daylight, and on the west coast so I can watch in person.