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by JshWright
2159 days ago
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Perhaps even more importantly, they are a big bottleneck on their flight rate. They require a massive autoclave (for curing the composites), and it wouldn't be practical to scale up their production significantly. Even if it didn't save them a penny, my guess is it would still be a priority. |
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The second stage (which is not reused on a Falcon 9), the fairings, and the grid fins are three of the longer lead time items for the Falcon series rockets. Reusing as much as possible helps keep their crazy launch cadence up.