SES-10 Mission - Hackdot

Re:SES-10 Mission by ploxiln on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:42PM (#13999565)

I'm pretty sure the plan is to put this one in a museum. Later variants are supposed to be easier and more reliable to re-fly.

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Re:SES-10 Mission by jacquesm on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:45PM (#13999580)

Something to think about: pretty soon there will be nothing strange about a rocket that has flown before. Contrast it with the feeling you have for a 737 that has done 2500 starts and landing prior to you going on board, it's a sign of confidence that it did that. Now it will be many many years before there will be boosters with numbers of take-offs and landings > 20 or so but at some point insurance premiums for unflown hardware will be higher than for hardware that has been flown before.

Huge game changer this, also in the frequency of launches.

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Re:SES-10 Mission by kevan on Thursday March 30, 2017 @11:20PM (#14000941)

>737 that has done 2500 starts and landing

You can probably add another zero there. 737 airframes don't even need a special inspection and maintenance program until they hit 60,000 takeoff/landing cycles. [1]

[1] http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgFAR.nsf...

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Re:SES-10 Mission by aaronblohowiak on Thursday March 30, 2017 @08:28PM (#14000253)

"Flight tested" rockets is an interesting spin on this

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Re:SES-10 Mission by mrkgnao on Friday March 31, 2017 @06:57AM (#14002587)

As is, on the other end of the spectrum, "lithobraking" :)

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