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Re:Nikola: How to Parlay an Ocean of Lies into a Partnership... by outworlder on Thursday September 10, 2020 @07:24PM (#24437647)
> NASA was reusing orbital 'upper stages' (although not boosters or ETs) for a few years. This little thing called a 'Space Shuttle.'

Oh, the thing that had to be essentially refurbished before being able to fly again?

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Re:Nikola: How to Parlay an Ocean of Lies into a Partnership... by liability on Thursday September 10, 2020 @07:27PM (#24437678)
Correct.

(Though I forgot that they also refurbed the SRBs. I think the SSMEs are more impressive, they got 19 uses out of one of them.)

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Re:Nikola: How to Parlay an Ocean of Lies into a Partnership... by relbeek2 on Thursday September 10, 2020 @11:52PM (#24439030)
SRBs are complete trash after one use, they are a great reliable source of fuel, but it certainly wasn't feasible to reuse.
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