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SRB and tank were not re-usable. That’s the equivalent of the first stage you just saw getting caught
by kortilla 2y ago
SRB and tank were not re-usable. That’s the equivalent of the first stage you just saw getting caught
- throwaway48476 2y agoShuttle SRB segments were fished from the ocean and refilled.
- baq 2y agoYeah but salt water makes it about as difficult as building from scratch.
- throwaway48476 2y agoThen why didn't they stop?
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> why didn't they stop? They did [1]. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_retirement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_retirement
- altcognito 2y agoBeyond the fact that they eventually did quit, the shuttle program was the public face of the US space program, and part of having more than one way to launch military stuff.
- pfdietz 2y agoThe military rapidly gave up on the Shuttle after the first accident. No shuttle was ever launched from the pad on the west coast at Vandenberg (plenty of F9s have been, though.)
- adt2bt 2y agoSRBs were in fact reusable.
- ericcumbee 2y agoThey were but the cost of refurbishment was almost more than just building new boosters. Thats why SLS is currently using Shuttle Derived Boosters but not worrying with reuse.