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Peter Beck is kind of famous for poo-pooing reusability in launch. That's what I'm referring to. In part of the reuse presentation, he said, "this is a cap I'm
by Robotbeat 7y ago
Peter Beck is kind of famous for poo-pooing reusability in launch. That's what I'm referring to.
In part of the reuse presentation, he said, "this is a cap I'm about to eat because I've said publicly a few times the various things that rocket lab would never do so [i.e. reuse] unfortunately I find myself in the position of eating my hat." Here: https://youtu.be/joONWIGtcdY?t=501 https://youtu.be/joONWIGtcdY?t=501
Rocketlab has been able to execute very effectively, which is why I appreciate them. It had long bothered me that they didn't put their obviously impressive engineering prowess to bear on the reuse problem, and I'm very glad that they've come around.
- Taniwha 7y agoThey seem to prefer to quietly do stuff then announce it (their kick stage for example, the silly sparkly thing), given that I suspect they now have enough data to be really sure they can pull it off