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So what about the core?

• MBCook 9y ago
  Is the core designed to be reusable or is that a one-time-use part?
  • gordon_freeman 9y ago
    reusable of course.
  • alexdumitru 9y ago
    The core was supposed to land on the barge, but the video footage got disconnected and they said they don't know what happened to it yet.
    • MBCook 9y ago
      Oh, perhaps I have the name wrong. I meant the part connected to the payload with the Merlin engine designed for vacuum, above the three main rockets (the center of which must be the core).
      • pikchurn 9y ago
        That's the 2nd stage. It's still attached to the payload I believe, so that they can test mid-course corrections to the transfer orbit.
      • skykooler 9y ago
        It will relight its engine again in about five and a half hours to depart Earth orbit for interplanetary space.
        • MBCook 9y ago
          Thanks.
    • deleted 9y ago
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  • madamelic 9y ago
    I'd assume if they are landing it, it is reusable. It'd be sort of wasteful to pack fuel for landing, if we were just going to dump the module.
    • greenhouse_gas 9y ago
      It can be reused, just won't be as it's an outdated model. They still want it back for data.