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Basically it is just refuel. The entire rocket is reusable. Musk mentioned in some interview it would take a couple of days.
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Impressively, he actually said "single digit hours" between flights for the lower stages. See "turnaround time": http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/rockets/elon-m...
"Like re-fueling your car" - he uses that analogy a lot. It's probably not exactly like that, but it gives an idea what the real goal is.