Thanks for writing that article Yves!I really hope they think about video coverage for that first attempt. Would be amazing to see that coming back down!
The part that really got me was that it seems SpaceX is actually considering a return to launch site attempt at KSC, in February. Ya know, 4 months from now.
GO ON GET UP THERE.
considering a return to launch site attempt at KSC, Ya know, 4 months from now.
Fascinating read, but is it really worth it to go for reusability of stages, when SpaceX have shown they can mass produce them?I wonder how they balance potential customers for full use of F9 v1.1, versus dropping capability so they can get the stages back?If it was a good idea, why have no other companies pressed on with it? Such as Arianespace, etc?
That suggests that they may not even need Grasshopper 2.
but Blue Origin is quite far behind in the game and much slower at said game. No? Though their BE-3 is pretty nice I ponder is this stage ultimately crashing the same as BO's test article being terminated? Though I suppose that would only be comparable to GH2 being terminated. And the fact that they had a Mach 1 Test before GH2 means they might not be slow as the game after all no? But anyway February for landing on land eh? pretty snazzy.