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Started by DD1975, April 16, 2016, 18:02:46 PM

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DD1975

Found this one chaps (hopefully no-one beat me to it  ;D)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35983735
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So it should be half the cost of the previous gen Ariane 5, impressive.

Carl2

 There was a brief mention of a reusable rocket, seems to be a great idea but I wonder what the cost of recovering it is.
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DaveMorton

I would expect that if the recovered sections could, indeed, be simply inspected and reused, that process would almost have to be less than a third of making another unit "from scratch". If, however, too much damage has occurred, then you would have both the cost of recovery and the cost of having to rebuild a unit (though some parts may be salvageable), so it sounds to me like a gamble. Dunno. Too many factors to consider here, I think. :)
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