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SpaceX started with the business plan of low cost, mass producible single use launchers. Falcon 9 was not designed with any level of reusability in mind. There
by jjk166 1y ago
SpaceX started with the business plan of low cost, mass producible single use launchers. Falcon 9 was not designed with any level of reusability in mind. There was a major redesign to add landing hardware, but the whole reason for Starship being a totally new design was the reusability that a Falcon "super-heavy" derivative could never achieve.
- GMoromisato 1y agoGood point! I don't think Falcon 9 is large enough for full reusability. I don't think Stoke's first vehicle will be large enough either (beyond proving out the technology). They will eventually need to build a much larger one.
- peterfirefly 1y agoThey tried to use parachutes to slow the boosters down on the first two flights. Turned out it didn't work: the boosters burned up/disintegrated before the parachutes could deploy.