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The 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 ambi
by jojobas 2y ago
The 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.