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by iwaztomack 612 days ago
What parts of this can be reused? I bet the engine is OK, but seems like the sides of the ... tube ... were pretty roughed up. I guess that's probably the cheapest part of the assembly though.
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All of it can be reused. Their plan is for the tower to set the booster back down and immediately relaunch it.
Everything except the stage connector ring (which uses pyro bolts I believe) should be directly reusable, after an inspection, light brushing, and refueling / recharging.

Maybe the bottom uses some ablative material, then a new coat of it needs to be applied / attached.

All the internals should have enough resource for likely dozens of launches, if Falcon-9 is any indication.