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Re:SpaceX rolls Inspiration4 Falcon 9 rocket to the pad for ... by NortySpock on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:42AM (#28445464)
B1062 is the serial number of a particular booster that SpaceX has in its fleet of boosters. So "the same physical thing", as in "we are flying the plane with this particular tail number"
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Re:SpaceX rolls Inspiration4 Falcon 9 rocket to the pad for ... by mabbo on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:51AM (#28445574)
Yes, what you said. Sorry to the above, I should have been clearer.

I'm so deep into the rocketry nerd-world I've fallen victim to this xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2501/

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Re:SpaceX rolls Inspiration4 Falcon 9 rocket to the pad for ... by spywaregorilla on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @08:28AM (#28456073)
Haha no worries. Is it obvious that a rocket run 10 times is safer than a rocket run 2 times? To my uninformed mind I would think there's an obvious tradeoff in proven functionality vs. accumulated damage from launches.
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