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Who remembers when they reused a booster the very first time?

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[–] MrSilkworm 11 points 1 year ago

Still remember the first time a booster landed back in 2016. It's extremely important to reuse the boosters as much as possible until Super Heavy is ready. My thought is that the F9 will be used along with the Super Heavy for a long time to complete different kind of missions and loads

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It’s freaking incredible what they’re doing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

List of flights 1058 has done until now can be found here

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder when Starship will start to eclipse Falcon 9? It will be a sad day when Falcon 9 last launches.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Crew Dragon will still be flying for several years to come, although I suspect the Falcon 9 launch cadence will slow down considerably once Starlink launches switch over to Starship.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder if they'll ever push a booster to failure, and the number of flights that will be!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I remember bring so hopeful when they first landed it, and were getting it back to port. Remember Elon saying something like 'it feels like the dog that caught the bus'. Seems so long ago now!