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It wasn’t costly. They weren’t going to reuse that core anyway. They’re just starting to roll out their “block 5” cores designed for long-term reusabity, and th
by mikeash 9y ago
It wasn’t costly. They weren’t going to reuse that core anyway. They’re just starting to roll out their “block 5” cores designed for long-term reusabity, and they won’t fly the older ones much longer. Landing it was just practice for the future.
- greglindahl 9y agoLanding it is an opportunity to inspect a flown center core for the first time. Even though future center cores are different, there was still a lot that could have been learned.