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That's what they said about landing a booster
by fallingknife 2y ago
That's what they said about landing a booster
- jojobas 2y agoThe technology of rocket landing on their tails is decades old. Turbopumped rocket engines working more than a few cycles of few minutes is radically more ambitious.
- fallingknife 2y agoThey have already flown the same f9 booster more than 20 times
- jojobas 2y agothey never disclosed the scope of inter-flight maintenance. For all we know this booster could have engines swapped out for reconditioning, or outright disposal, every launch.