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key point - "spacex has yet to actually reuse any of its vehicles"
by _audakel 10y ago
key point - "spacex has yet to actually reuse any of its vehicles"
- ChuckMcM 10y agoTrue, interesting collection of Merlin engines they have. If nothing else their spare parts cache is huuuuge. :-) Can't wait to see what they launch with the refurbed boosters.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoSupposedly a reused booster will fly in the next 3 months; they're still haggling on price with the customer.
- phire 10y agoI wouldn't be surprised if they are haggling with the insurance company on the risks of reusing a booster.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoIt's possible. Only this summer did insurance rates on the Falcon 9 come down to those on the Ariane 5. SpaceX will have to provide extensive data (especially from the static fire in McGregor) to bolster reliability claims on a landed booster.
- InclinedPlane 10y agoThat's partly why they've been doing a bunch of full duration static fires on one of the landed cores. They've done 3 already that are known, they plan on doing around a dozen. That sort of thing should considerably reduce the uncertainty about flying a reused booster.
- dnautics 10y agothey have done an engine reignite test on one of them.
- skykooler 10y agoAnd then three full-duration burns on another.