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Originally leaked on X (I think), then posted to the SpaceXLounge subreddit by u/mehelponow

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Well that isn't fully and rapidly reusable. Goddamn. I was starting to feel better about booster reuse soon. Maybe that's still the case, but, man, what the hell is this.

[–] pennomi 7 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Booster reuse vs ship reuse is a completely different beast. I am not sure it’s ever going to be viable to reuse the ship economically.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Yeah, the Spaceshuttle was a cautionary tale and the Ship doesn't seem to have a fundamentally different approach. But lets see how things will develop.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't think the shuttle is a good example at all.

The reusability was just marketing shtick so a large enough vehicle could be built to launch multiple Hubble-chassis Keyhole satellites for the NSA. (It's probably more accurate to say the Hubble is built on a Keyhole satellite chassis).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yet the technology it used for the heat shield was very similar to what SpaceX is trying to do with the Ship.

[–] pennomi 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ve heard whispers that they are trying a new transpirational heat shield design since the tiles aren’t working out so well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

That would be pretty cool indeed.

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