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I don't know anyone who claimed that reusing rockets was physically impossible. The Space Shuttle SRBs were reusable. To paraphrase you, "here we were then."
by totalZero 6y ago
I don't know anyone who claimed that reusing rockets was physically impossible. The Space Shuttle SRBs were reusable. To paraphrase you, "here we were then."
- PartiallyTyped 6y agoIIRC the boosters were not reusable.
- totalZero 6y agoYou don't recall correctly. "At an altitude of approximately 45 km (24 nautical miles), the boosters separate from the orbiter/external tank, descend on parachutes, and land in the Atlantic Ocean. ... They are recovered by ships, returned to land, and refurbished for reuse." https://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/system/system_SRB.html https://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/system/system_SRB.html