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Re:SpaceX rolls Inspiration4 Falcon 9 rocket to the pad for ... by tomschlick on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:18AM (#28445179)
Yeah its kind of insane that we ever did it any other way. Its akin to buying a car that no human has ever driven outside of a test lab and taking it on a cross country road trip.
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Re:SpaceX rolls Inspiration4 Falcon 9 rocket to the pad for ... by WastingMyTime89 on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @11:13AM (#28445845)
Except it's not trivial at all to land back a booster and rockets are used far closer to the limit of their physical tolerance than cars. It's not too dissimilar to how F1 engines used to last only one race but are now engineered to last much longer.
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Re:SpaceX rolls Inspiration4 Falcon 9 rocket to the pad for ... by mabbo on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:49AM (#28445550)
Except that if the car breaks down, people maybe die.
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