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minus-square@chiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agoThe rocket boosters on the space shuttle were absolutely reused. Here’s video of one being retrieved.
minus-square@JohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoWe can argue about semantics, but they were moreso rebuilt from the same parts than reused as is. NASA found that it would have been much cheaper to build new SRBs after each launch than rebuild them.
The rocket boosters on the space shuttle were absolutely reused. Here’s video of one being retrieved.
We can argue about semantics, but they were moreso rebuilt from the same parts than reused as is. NASA found that it would have been much cheaper to build new SRBs after each launch than rebuild them.