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Re:Musk explains why SpaceX prefers clusters of small engines by marktangotango on Thursday February 08, 2018 @07:40PM (#16336930)
The thing about these reusable boosters that’s surprising to me when I think about is; they really don’t need very many of them. Like 10 or 50?
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Re:Musk explains why SpaceX prefers clusters of small engines by Robotbeat on Friday February 09, 2018 @08:48AM (#16340107)
Bingo. That allows them to switch over to BFR much faster and for much less money than an expendable launch provider.
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