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Re:The Hyperloop was always a scam by preisschild on Friday December 22, 2023 @11:24AM (#38735659)
The fastest Falcon 9 turnaround time was still 54 days, the same as the fastest Space Shuttle refurbishment. Gwyne Shotwell herself said that it needs to come down to a few hours.
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Re:The Hyperloop was always a scam by kusakata on Friday December 22, 2023 @11:47AM (#38735927)
The shortest turnaround time was 21 days, and it gets shorter and shorter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_first-stage_b...
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Re:The Hyperloop was always a scam by modeless on Friday December 22, 2023 @11:59AM (#38736075)
Falcon 9 isn't designed for a few hours turnaround time. That's what Starship is for.
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Re:The Hyperloop was always a scam by Fatnino on Friday December 22, 2023 @12:48PM (#38736638)
I don't see why that matters since they already have a fleet of some 20 or so falcon 9s. They launched almost 2 times a week all this year.

I think if we had built 10-20 shuttle orbiters turnaround wouldn't have been an issue either. (not really, shuttles were eyewateringly expensive).

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