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> the space shuttle was designed to be reusable. No, actually the PR was that it was reusable, but the design was not. Each shuttle had to be remanufactured af
by redis_mlc 6y ago
> the space shuttle was designed to be reusable.
No, actually the PR was that it was reusable, but the design was not. Each shuttle had to be remanufactured after use, taking up to a year and costing $1 billion.
But it gets better. They had "lost tiles" problems on the very first flight, and never bothered to do anything about it.
What a piece of junk.
- fastball 6y agoNot sure why we're getting downvoted. Space shuttle was absolutely a terrible design from a "true" reusability perspective (the most important part of reusability being cost reduction).
- redis_mlc 6y agoHN readers know so little that I have to provide a link for any statement that's said. I guess you could call it a "knowledge gap."