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2OEH8eoCRo0
832 days ago
They haven't gotten to the revolutionary part yet (fuel tankers in orbit, raptor relight, reusable first stage, reentry).
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f-securus
832 days ago
Re-using rockets isn't revolutionary?
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jordanb
832 days ago
I think it might have been back when the shuttle did it in 1981.
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f-securus
832 days ago
The shuttle that cost 450 million per launch? (And disposable boosters)
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paledot
832 days ago
The boosters parachuted to the ocean and were reused. Only the external fuel tank was not reusable. However, you're correct that the Shuttle failed utterly to realize the
point
of reusability, that being low cost and quick turnaround.
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2OEH8eoCRo0
832 days ago
Moving the goalposts. I didn't say it wasn't revolutionary either, just that they haven't gotten to that part yet.
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