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I am not a rocket scientist... but it seems like a 6 month investigation delay would be comparable to the time it would take to procure and integrate the payloa
by elif 9y ago
I am not a rocket scientist... but it seems like a 6 month investigation delay would be comparable to the time it would take to procure and integrate the payload into a completely different rocket?
Also if the launch savings exceed the total payload costs, in a pinch couldn't they just roll the dice given falcon's success %?
(The last falcon investigation delay was only ~4 months)
- gozur88 9y agoThe problem is a six month delay pushes everybody's launch back six months. So if you had an interplanetary probe scheduled for the next Mars launch window in April of 2018, a six month delay starting today would mean your probe doesn't get launched until the next window in July of 2020 unless you have enough clout to bump other launches.