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Turns out it is a lot more useful to (potentially) reuse the first stage than to carry a lot of additional weight to reuse the last stage.
by calaphos 6y ago
Turns out it is a lot more useful to (potentially) reuse the first stage than to carry a lot of additional weight to reuse the last stage.
- raverbashing 6y agoWell, but the Shuttle SRBs were reusable. The only non-reusable part was the external fuel tank. But yeah, sending something as big as a bus up and down was probably the bane of it.
- avmich 6y ago> Well, but the Shuttle SRBs were reusable. But to use them again a lot of efforts had to be spent, comparing to what's possible with first stages of F9. That's why Shuttle boosters are called refurbishable.
- cdash 6y agoIf you call rebuilding an engine every time reusable. SRBs and reusable do not go together at all.