3 ms·
One thing that concerns me about reusing it is how do you account for unknown components failing or wearing down in quality after repeated use? Does SpaceX have
by curiously 12y ago
One thing that concerns me about reusing it is how do you account for unknown components failing or wearing down in quality after repeated use? Does SpaceX have the metallurgy capacity or experience to deal with cases that no one has ever encountered (reusing a rocket multiple times)?
I'm worried that one small tear or some mold or rust will increase the risk.
I always wonder why they don't launch a rocket from a plane at around 60,000 feet, wouldn't that cheapen the cost rather than launching it form ground zero?
- noselasd 12y agoLaunching at 60k feet doesn't buy you many advantages except there's less atmospheric drag up there - it's about the speed, not so much the altitude. But you'd gain the problem of hauling a ~500 ton rocket up to 60k feet, and you'd anyway have to launch that plane from ground zero.