> how challenging is it to recycle a the first stage Depends on how well it lands. There's a 'loss-leader' booster that landed but is in bad enough condition t

> how challenging is it to recycle a the first stage Depends on how well it lands. There's a 'loss-leader' booster that landed but is in bad enough condition that they're keeping it for comparison purposes as to how bad it can get (JCSAT-14, someone else posted in these comments). In terms of time, this first refurb happened in the last year or so, because no booster had ever landed before Dec 2015.