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coming back in one piece, and being good enough to use for 5 more missions are two very different things. For example, all existing reentry vehicles come back "
by fooblaster 5mo ago
coming back in one piece, and being good enough to use for 5 more missions are two very different things. For example, all existing reentry vehicles come back "fine" but they need to be completely remade to go up again.
- ceejayoz 5mo agoI remember this being the same argument used against the Falcon 9 when it first stuck its landings. "Oh, they'll need to do it 10x to be profitable!" Now they do, as a matter of course.
- fooblaster 5mo agoJust because you defeat popular consensus of what is possible in one place doesn't mean you can continue to do it again and again. This stuff is hard.
- hdgvhicv 5mo agoYes reusing falcon 9 was hard too. Being a cynical naysay isn’t hard.
- fooblaster 5mo agouncritically believing this design will succeed, despite having all the signs of Elon interfering and massively shifting requirements, isn't "hard" either