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You still need to inspect it after each launch and perhaps repair? I'd imagine there would be some overlap with manufacturing if only for the expertise.
by tjoff 9y ago
You still need to inspect it after each launch and perhaps repair? I'd imagine there would be some overlap with manufacturing if only for the expertise.
- stetrain 9y agoCurrently with the Falcon 9 they do the manufacturing in Hawthorne, initial testing in McGregor Texas, and then in Florida they have facilities for integration and inspection. They are leasing/building more facilities in Florida at Port Canaveral to handle inspection and refurbishment of landed boosters. Eventually it might make sense to move final assembly closer to the launch site for BFR, but I would expect a lot of the component assembly (like engines) to remain in Hawthorne.
- jcims 9y agoAt first, but I believe the plan would be multiple flights per day with regular maintenance/inspection/rebuild intervals similar to how aircraft are maintained.
- wongarsu 9y agoFrom [1] >In addition, the lease would accommodate recovery operations undertaken by Space Exploration Technologies to bring to shore vehicles returning from space that are retrieved by an autonomous drone ship offshore. So they would have the option of doing that at the new manufacturing facility (even though we can speculate that that would not be the norm). 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/85i6rd/bfr_production_moves_to_los_angeles_harbor/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/85i6rd/bfr_producti...