Not to gloat but I foresaw and prophesied all of that in this now seminal article on this very blog.
The concept of "re-usability" doesn't hold water when applied to space travel.
The sooner Musk accepts it and acknowledges that he's wrong (and that he is just a limited if so far lucky idiot of course) the better it will be for all.
And this is not even a pre-flown booster. Imagine what will happen when (and if) they attempt to use their pre-flown garbage.
UPDATE: Turns out Falcon 9 boosters were produced by Yuzhmash of Ukraine, but the company however is not now in position to make any more as of post-2014.
So Musk's favoring re-usability may be down to a very earthly reason that Space X's supply of rockets is very limited and he doesn't have access to more.
Still, re-usability is a very faulty concept when it comes to space travel, and he should renounce it once and for all.
UPDATE: Turns out Falcon 9 boosters were produced by Yuzhmash of Ukraine, but the company however is not now in position to make any more as of post-2014.
So Musk's favoring re-usability may be down to a very earthly reason that Space X's supply of rockets is very limited and he doesn't have access to more.
Still, re-usability is a very faulty concept when it comes to space travel, and he should renounce it once and for all.
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