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2OEH8eoCRo0
on March 14, 2024
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Starship's Third Flight Test [video]
They haven't gotten to the revolutionary part yet (fuel tankers in orbit, raptor relight, reusable first stage, reentry).
f-securus
on March 14, 2024
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Re-using rockets isn't revolutionary?
jordanb
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I think it might have been back when the shuttle did it in 1981.
f-securus
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The shuttle that cost 450 million per launch? (And disposable boosters)
paledot
on March 15, 2024
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The boosters parachuted to the ocean and were reused. Only the external fuel tank was not reusable. However, you're correct that the Shuttle failed utterly to realize the
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of reusability, that being low cost and quick turnaround.
2OEH8eoCRo0
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Moving the goalposts. I didn't say it wasn't revolutionary either, just that they haven't gotten to that part yet.
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