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Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket explodes in second test flight | CNN (www.cnn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

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[–] FauxPseudo 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The space shuttle was a bus on boosters we had to fish out of the ocean. It was expensive and had a very limited cargo capacity.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Okay?

I mean, I very much forget what the "marketing" was. But like I mentioned above, the real value is the crew and scope of missions. You have a lot more space to move around and do Science! and whatever else.

[–] Zron -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The dragon capsule and falcon nine is a bus on boosters. It can only deliver people OR cargo. Not both.

The space shuttle could deliver crew, cargo, and mission modules in one launch. It was a very versatile and 75% reusable too. Compared to falcon which is only about 50% reusable.

[–] Balex 8 points 1 year ago

The fastest turnaround time for a space shuttle was 54 days pre Challenger disaster and 88 days post Challenger disaster. It was very expensive and time consuming to reuse the space shuttle (they basically had to completely disassemble and reassemble the whole thing) which is one of the main reasons it has stopped flying. Falcon 9 on the other hand has a fastest turnaround time of 3 weeks. So not sure where you got your numbers from, but it seems to me that the Falcon 9 is a much better vehicle in terms of reuse.

[–] FauxPseudo 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should look further into what that 25% difference is as far as cost and labor. Because that number is lying to you.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm pretty sure I remember reading that the cost to refurbish the shuttle boosters ended up costing as much or more than new ones.