[AR] Re: Falcon 9 lifetime of 5 flights?
- From: Henry Spencer <hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:37:52 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Henry Vanderbilt wrote:
SpaceX knew this going in. Being sensible people not locked into the
established way of doing things, they likely would have set up a
production establishment for sixty expended cores a year very
differently than they did the plant for ~12 5X reused cores...
One caution on this: remember that intact reuse *wasn't* the original
plan, even for Falcon 9 -- the plan was splashdown-and-salvage. Using
salvaged subassemblies in new construction wouldn't save you nearly as
much on the production establishment. They "knew this going in" only for
facilities built since the decision to switch to Plan B, retrofire and
powered landing.
Henry
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