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>Whereas Falcon 9 is much less expensive to build new than Ariane 6. For context, my understanding is that SpaceX builds one new Falcon 9 upper stage (not reus
by TMWNN 2y ago
>Whereas Falcon 9 is much less expensive to build new than Ariane 6.
For context, my understanding is that SpaceX builds one new Falcon 9 upper stage (not reused) every day. I doubt there is another entity on earth building a new rocket every month.
SpaceX has a large fleet of Falcon 9 reusable boosters, but still needs to build one every now and then.
- nordsieck 2y ago> For context, my understanding is that SpaceX builds one new Falcon 9 upper stage (not reused) every day. Probably not quite that often. They're aiming to launch ~150 this year (although with the recent RUD, that'll be pretty tough). But yeah - 1 every other day is still very impressive.