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I wonder if they are using an already used Falcon 9 or a brand new one? Is there are statistical difference in the reliability of unused vs reused Falcon 9s?
by spuz 6y ago
I wonder if they are using an already used Falcon 9 or a brand new one? Is there are statistical difference in the reliability of unused vs reused Falcon 9s?
- grecy 6y agoIt's new, as per NASA's requirements. They will attempt a landing on a drone ship to recover it.
- nickff 6y agoThis is a brand new one, and I don't think there have been enough launches of similar (current version/block) new and used first stages to find a statistically significant difference.
- jccooper 6y agoThus far all SpaceX F9 launch failures have been on all-new vehicles. But those were both in the second stage, which are not and cannot be reused. The F9 first stage has basically been perfect on launch, save for two single engine-out incidents (one new, one on the reused fleet leader) which did not impact payload delivery. Thus far the sample size is low, but to the extent you can measure it they're equal.