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An interesting statement at the end of the Sentinel article; "However, there are whispers that the administration is exploring plans outside options presented by the Augustine committee, although it is unclear as to what they could include. " Anyone here...
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I don't understand this fixation -- blind faith, really -- on reusability of launch vehicles. There's an assumption that it will always be cheaper to make stuff reusable than to use it once and discard it. We're not talking about an airplane; being able to reuse stuff will require substantial overdesign. I think there's a good reason that most of the world's reliable launch systems do NOT reuse much....
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Pawn commented on
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Papa FYI I've been told repeatedly by a number of old timers that if you dump a spent engine in the ocean, it is shot. It's been done. Reuse is going to have to avoid this....
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