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> Reusability is not a panacea. It increases complexity, decreases safety and much of the cost savings are mitigated by the fact that you have to carry extra fu
by systemvoltage 6y ago
> Reusability is not a panacea. It increases complexity, decreases safety and much of the cost savings are mitigated by the fact that you have to carry extra fuel for the return back (thereby cutting into the amount of payload you can carry).
All evidence points against this. Sure, but you left out the fact that the entire booster comes back to earth. This is absurd.
- avmich 6y agoIncrease in complexity is relatively small, decrease in safety is small, part of cost savings related to extra fuel is rather insignificant. So, with any reasonable growing launch market reusability wins.