@llamacoffee to [email protected]English • 22 days agoSpaceX is superb at reusing boosters, but how about building upper stages?arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square4arrow-up118arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX is superb at reusing boosters, but how about building upper stages?arstechnica.com@llamacoffee to [email protected]English • 22 days agomessage-square4cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePennomilinkEnglish5•22 days agoAll depends on turnaround time and cost. It might be worth the payload hit if you can simply refuel the upper stage and go again the next week. But it’s a hard, hard problem - reentry is quite spicy for big vehicles like that.
All depends on turnaround time and cost. It might be worth the payload hit if you can simply refuel the upper stage and go again the next week. But it’s a hard, hard problem - reentry is quite spicy for big vehicles like that.