Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by MBCook on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:02PM
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Is the core designed to be reusable or is that a one-time-use part?
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Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by madamelic on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:05PM
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I'd assume if they are landing it, it is reusable. It'd be sort of wasteful to pack fuel for landing, if we were just going to dump the module.
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by greenhouse_gas on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:15PM
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It can be reused, just won't be as it's an outdated model.
They still want it back for data.
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by alexdumitru on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:03PM
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The core was supposed to land on the barge, but the video footage got disconnected and they said they don't know what happened to it yet.
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by MBCook on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:06PM
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Oh, perhaps I have the name wrong. I meant the part connected to the payload with the Merlin engine designed for vacuum, above the three main rockets (the center of which must be the core).
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by pikchurn on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:08PM
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That's the 2nd stage. It's still attached to the payload I believe, so that they can test mid-course corrections to the transfer orbit.
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by skykooler on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:08PM
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It will relight its engine again in about five and a half hours to depart Earth orbit for interplanetary space.
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by MBCook on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:48PM
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Thanks.
Re:SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
by gordon_freeman on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @04:03PM
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reusable of course.