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> If Starship meets its reusability goals Launching multiple times per day was never a design goal of Falcon 9 but it is explicitly a design goal of the Starsh
by modeless 3y ago
> If Starship meets its reusability goals
Launching multiple times per day was never a design goal of Falcon 9 but it is explicitly a design goal of the Starship program. They're going to need fast turnaround for all the orbital refueling missions they've already sold for HLS.
The entire industry said they'd never land, then they'd never be able to reuse, then they'd never reuse 10+ times. They're up to 18 reuses. Now they'll never reuse twice in the same day? There's no physical law preventing it, it's just a matter of good engineering. It's not a sure thing but I wouldn't bet against them.
Also, Falcon 9 has been turned around in 21 days, with a significant chunk of that being shipping. And there's no indication that they've hit any limit, they simply don't need to go faster right now given their fleet and launch cadence.
- QuantumGood 3y agoThey don't need to reuse the same one each time; A can go out, B can come back, etc.