SES-10 Launching to Orbit on SpaceX's Flight-Proven Falcon 9 Rocket

Re:SES-10 Launching to Orbit on SpaceX's Flight-Proven Falco... by ChuckMcM on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @10:31PM (#12395562)

Better than "Certified Pre-Owned Rocket" :-) I agree with the folks who have tweeted they should start adding launch "check marks" to the paint but that assumes that they will launch it w/recovery and then do it again.

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Re:SES-10 Launching to Orbit on SpaceX's Flight-Proven Falco... by colechristensen on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @11:32PM (#12395827)

They'll definitely want to do extensive destructive testing on the first twice-used rocket if they can land it (or maybe put it in a museum and do that on the second)

There is a lot to learn about how the structure reacts to repeated launches (and undoubtedly engineering iterations to improve future models' reusability)

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Re:SES-10 Launching to Orbit on SpaceX's Flight-Proven Falco... by Animats on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @01:55AM (#12396285)

The title of this article should have been "Used Rocket".

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Re:SES-10 Launching to Orbit on SpaceX's Flight-Proven Falco... by ChuckMcM on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @05:28PM (#12401636)

I think it would be funny if Gwen Shotwell put "Used Rocket Salesperson" on a business card.

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