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Yeah they won when insurance on used rockets became less than on new ones. If you said that in public a decade or so ago, you’d be laughed at all the way to the
by baq 3y ago
Yeah they won when insurance on used rockets became less than on new ones. If you said that in public a decade or so ago, you’d be laughed at all the way to the psych ward.
- TMWNN 3y agoI didn't realize that insurance premiums' costs had changed. Has it gotten to the point where customers prefer used Falcons 9 because they're proven, as opposed to new boosters? Or are there still customers that prefer new boosters?
- TeMPOraL 3y agoThat's a shock to me too. SpaceX dubbing reused boosters "flight-proven" started as tongue-in-cheek; I never considered it becoming true taken at face value.
- dotnet00 3y agoNASA officials have claimed to prefer flight proven boosters for most science missions (https://twitter.com/Dr_ThomasZ/status/1512459452938534916 https://twitter.com/Dr_ThomasZ/status/1512459452938534916)