>Why would a company make them launch without recovery? Because recovery reduces the capability of the rocket. If you look at SpaceX's web site you'll see the

>Why would a company make them launch without recovery? Because recovery reduces the capability of the rocket. If you look at SpaceX's web site you'll see they plan to have two versions of the Falcon 9 and Falcon 9 Heavy. One version will be recoverable, and one will not. A customer that needs ever last m/sec out of the launcher will not be able to use the latter.