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by can16358p 1657 days ago
Can't they design the tank system modularly to be replaceable? Like (also projecting how SpaceX etc are also making space cargo much cheaper) having a rocket carry payload that would replace the tank cartgridge with a new one, giving, say, another 5 years' worth of propeller.

I'm pretty much 100% sure NASA knows this better than me of course, but I'd love to see the reasoning behind planning to retire such an expensive project after a (relatively) short ~10 years.

1 comments

1) its more complex to design a re-fuelable fuel system

2) no vehicle exists/existed at design that could support a re-fuel system.