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minus-squarewabafee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s impressive, I do wonder if they have some estimated lifespan for each rocket or how many times it’s reusable. Unless they intend to just keep using it with minimal to no maintenance at all. Which I guess would eventually lead to this.
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 months agoYea the previous goal was 10 flights, now the goal is send it until something breaks. Big advantage of having a built in customer (starlink)
minus-squarelefty7283@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIirc the original goal was ‘at least 10’ but maybe up to 100 flights for a booster. No way to really know without flying them a lot
That’s impressive, I do wonder if they have some estimated lifespan for each rocket or how many times it’s reusable. Unless they intend to just keep using it with minimal to no maintenance at all. Which I guess would eventually lead to this.
Yea the previous goal was 10 flights, now the goal is send it until something breaks.
Big advantage of having a built in customer (starlink)
Iirc the original goal was ‘at least 10’ but maybe up to 100 flights for a booster. No way to really know without flying them a lot