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Probably, though I doubt they will until the get more data. That's the real goldmine here, nobody has ever been in the position to really study a first stage th
by TrevorJ 10y ago
Probably, though I doubt they will until the get more data. That's the real goldmine here, nobody has ever been in the position to really study a first stage that's been to orbit and back before SpaceX started doing this. I imagine that they will be developing tons of data on how many flights all the parts are rated for before they require rebuilding or inspection, etc.
I'm pretty confident they are well on their way towards pretty quick turnarounds though - the engines are the biggest hurdle and they seem to be remarkably robust as demonstrated by the number of times they light them before sending them up already, and the relight tests they have done on recovered cores.