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by JumpCrisscross 2868 days ago
> I highly doubt reusing a booster has been more expensive to SpaceX than building new boosters

Well, they are. Which is natural, because the program is still R&D more than mass production.

> This is basically the design that SpaceX hopes will enable that zero or little retrofitting reuse

When that rapid re-use is demonstrated, it will mark the epoch. We could retcon to the original re-use, or even booster recovery. But that's premature.

(I'm still super excited about everything SpaceX does.)