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They want to do their first relaunch with a paying customer -- meaning the customer's insurance needs to be willing to insure a relaunch. So, now, they're talk
by rst 10y ago
They want to do their first relaunch with a paying customer -- meaning the customer's insurance needs to be willing to insure a relaunch. So, now, they're talking to insurance companies to see what will convince them that the risks of a relaunch are comparable to those of a new rocket launch. This may involve doing a teardown on one of the returned stages, just to check for damage after the first launch and landing, even though they do not expect to do anything like that level of work on stages that they actually relaunch.
An article that goes through all this in excruciating detail is here: http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/03/spacexs-latest-booster-back-home-as-company-mulls-pricing-proof-tests/ http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/03/spacexs-latest-booster-...