Parabolicarc.com@spacecomHoffman: second booster is being refurbished, hope to relaunch it later this year.
Edward Ellegood@FLSPACErePORTSpaceX at #SpaceCongress2016: Initial reuse of Falcon-9 limited to components: engines, landing legs, paddles, etc. Not entire booster
SpaceX: We'll be meeting w/ insurance underwriters in coming weeks to walk them through our reusable-stage certification process.
The price will definitely go down if used stages are nearly as reliable as new ones,
Assuming, of course, that there is a market for lower cost launches and that they still would turn a profit for the launch provider... Which are both true IMO.
Space News' Peter B de Selding (@pbdes):QuoteSpaceX: We'll be meeting w/ insurance underwriters in coming weeks to walk them through our reusable-stage certification process.https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/737469017896542208?s=09
The question has always been is there enough market increase for the amount that the supplier is planning to reduce their prices by? Given this is still a semi reusable system with one stage thrown away we don't know if the systems costs can be be cut to a level that the prices SX want to charge will give them the market growth they need to make this work out.
Even if the stages are damaged beyond repair the engines might still be possible to reuse?
Quote from: nisse on 06/02/2016 08:57 amEven if the stages are damaged beyond repair the engines might still be possible to reuse?Yes, but do they need more than they already have? And more are coming soon. There seems to be a better than even chance they'll get a good core from LEO RTLS as soon as july.
...They're already piling up and starting to look ridiculous...
Jaded or not it doesn't matter what people thought a year ago. The current reality is that four F9 1.2 cores have been recovered out of the five that have flown. Last I heard was they planned to fly 18 times this year. Even if they don't reach that, many more cores are coming. First reflight is hopefully, fingers crossed by the end of this year. The current practice of stuffing them into 39A HIF is not sustainable. If they have 14 cores by the end of the year it will be a problem and will look ridiculous. SpaceX knows that. Even if you're a dog that caught a bus, if you realize it's going to problem station you'd do well to get off it.
The Fate of Four Landed Falcon 9's - Space Pod 6/1/16TMROPublished on Jun 1, 2016This week, SpaceMike asks, now that SpaceX has four landed Falcon 9 first stages, what are they going to do with them?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTi9xWQ6W6k?t=001