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Questions regarding the reuse of parts or equipment.
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What was SpaceX's original vision for booster reusability?
An article from 2007 made the following statement:
SpaceX is in many ways the exact opposite of Kistler. It's run by Internet wunderkind Elon Musk, does almost all of its work in-house with a staf …
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How far downrange would a reusable Falcon 9 first stage land (without fly-back)?
For the 4/8/2016 landing of the first stage, someone made a Google Map of the location of the barge: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zeQeb73wSTuU.kjrfK2rN8ICk
The first point looks a little …
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How far downrange would a reusable Falcon 9 first stage land (without fly-back)?
Let's imagine a rocket like the Falcon 9 recovers its first stage via a soft landing, but doesn't attempt a return to the launchpad. For the sake of argument, let's imagine that there are no geographi …
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Would it not be easier for SpaceX to make their first stage only partly reusable?
The idea is that you tear down the rocket in an orbital workshop and prioritize the most valuable and easy to reuse parts. …
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Vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL) vehicle falling orientation
The SpaceX Grasshopper vehicle (formally a VTVL vehicle) tests have been increasing the height that their tests can climb to before doing the vertical landing. Throughout all these tests it keeps upr …
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How can the reusable Falcon 9 succeed when the reusable Space Shuttle failed?
To avoid the hazard of going off-topic, I will start by re-framing the question into 2 different parts. This is done so that all the evidence directly builds to an answer to the question. In this case …
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