Peter Hague
@peterrhague · Dec 16, 2024
The debate about Shuttle reusability versus Falcon 9 reusability has come up once again. Here are a few points
1. Of course the Shuttle was the first reusable orbital spacecraft (not counting a Gemini capsule reused as a boilerplate).
2. It was a partially reusable upper stage
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Even the “reusable” parts of STS were so difficult to refurbish that the cost per ton to orbit was significantly worse than Saturn V, which was fully expendable.
Unfortunately, STS greatly set back the cause of reusability, because it made people think reusability was dumb.
05:22 AM · December 17, 2024 · 30K views
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