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Falcon has a reuse window of less than a month, 21 days in fact. And that's why you use multiple vehicles. Falcon also uses multiple vehicles which is how it ac
by mlindner 2y ago
Falcon has a reuse window of less than a month, 21 days in fact. And that's why you use multiple vehicles. Falcon also uses multiple vehicles which is how it achieves flights on average every 3 days so far this year. Also Falcon is inherently harder to reuse because of its fuel choice causing substantial soot buildup on the vehicle that needs to be cleaned away whenever inspections are done both inside the engines and on the vehicle itself. Its fairings also get dunked into sea water every time they're reused which needs to be cleaned off.