08-24-2017, 05:42 PM
Paul F. wrote:
This will be the 9th stage recovery mission this year... gonna need to build a bigger hanger for those soon!
To be fair, 2 of those stages were
And there's a good chance that all 3 first stages will be destroyed in the Falcon Heavy attempt, and at least two of those are supposed to be flight proven to reduce SpaceX cost.
I'm assuming this new core is one of the workhorses built to be quickly re-used, so I wonder how long before we see it in service for its second launch?
Paul F. wrote:
SpaceX has already proven the engines for as many as ONE HUNDRED full duration burns... so the engines are not an issue. The Merlin engines are pretty phenomenal.
One might say they're magical...