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I thought there was potential for medivac rockets. Land near combat and take off to America or Europe for surgery.
by newsclues 5y ago
I thought there was potential for medivac rockets.
Land near combat and take off to America or Europe for surgery.
- ncmncm 5y agoThat, anyway, will not happen. Once one has landed somewhere not a spaceport, it will not be launched again without a huge production. More likely the valuable engines will be removed and shipped home, the rest left as so much scrap metal.
- ncmncm 5y agoIf dry weight is 85 tons, with ~11 tons of engines, that leaves 74 tons of scrap. At 15 cents a pound, that's worth $22k. Maybe more as souvenirs. The flaps & actuators might be worth taking, but the top ones are inconveniently high up unless you tip it over. Probably the electronics is worth shipping home if it's easy enough to strip off. I don't know why the thrust plate isn't titanium. A 30 ft diameter thrust plate would in any case be inconvenient to ship home, from most places.