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by avar
3808 days ago
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This is all correct, to expand a bit on it here's a spreadsheet someone posted in /r/spacex analyzing the cost benefits of reusability: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/144Y_OVmFFYTh_zTiV-FH... "Reusing the first stage three times halves the overall cost of launch. Reusing 9 times cuts the cost to 1/3. However, there is little benefit to first stage reuse beyond that… Reusing both stages just once halves the total cost of launch. In addition, reusing both stages four times reduces the cost to 1/4, and reusing eight times reduces to 1/8." As you touched upon a lot of things in space are expensive because launch vehicles aren't reusable, once they are it makes sense to create cheaper and expandable payloads rather than multi-billion dollar payloads strapped to rockets that can't be allowed to fail. |
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