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Elon said they'll keep reusing them and pushing their luck until they have a failure on a starlink launch... so we're almost certainly going to find out.
by grecy 6y ago
Elon said they'll keep reusing them and pushing their luck until they have a failure on a starlink launch... so we're almost certainly going to find out.
- mabbo 6y agoAnd when they do, they'll likely have telemetry of exactly what caused the problem. Then they'll adjust, and make the problem less likely in the future.
- grecy 6y agoPrecisely!
- babesh 6y agoOne such data point has already been obtained. One booster didn’t land because one of the engines had burned through its bell. It was less than 10.
- bryanlarsen 6y agoBoot, not bell. A boot is a flexible seal so its replacement would be considered routine maintenance.
- babesh 6y agoOops. You are right.