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by smarnach 664 days ago
It had a reusable orbiter, not a reusable first stage.
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extraduder_ire 663 days ago
The external tank and both SRBs could be refurbished and reused. The orbiter also forms part of the first stage.
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mrguyorama 663 days ago
Maybe at one point really early on the external tank was planned to be reused, but it was expended in every launch of the shuttle with no provisions for re-usability. They even stopped painting it within a few launches.
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