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The latest hardware revision that's expected to be the mainstay for F9 flights going forward. Has better performance and addresses some reusability issues disco
by dtparr 9y ago
The latest hardware revision that's expected to be the mainstay for F9 flights going forward. Has better performance and addresses some reusability issues discovered in earlier blocks.
- jotm 9y agoBut if they weren't on this flight, how sure is SpaceX that they are more reliable? But yeah, that's just a question from my mind. This launch was amazing, the future in the making right here.
- MayeulC 9y agoAs far as I know, the center core was a block five one, but they didn't intend to refly it anyway, from what Elon said in the press conference. Maybe they intended to study it? If that's the case, there will probably be another "expandable" block five flight.
- collinmanderson 9y agoAccording to reddit, even the center core (B1033) was Block 3. No block 5 cores have flown yet. https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/wiki/cores#wiki_.5Bfh.5D_b1033_.2716 https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/wiki/cores#wiki_.5Bfh.5D_b10...
- mohaine 9y agoThe plain is to lock down block 5's design so it can be man rated which in itself would make it more reliable. This will probably not happen until they fly them a few times though so that wouldn't mean the first block 5s would be more reliable.