Thursday, July 26, 2018

Matches and lighters

Maybe we shouldn’t compare reusable rockets with airplanes. Reusable rockets need parachutes, wings, extra fuel, etc. and added design and maintenance costs. Their economics depends upon the number of launchs that can be expected over time. Just like we still manufacture and use both lighters and matches there may be room for both reusable and non reusable rockets in the world’s fleet. Certainly military rockets like ICBMs will be single use. And when they are decommissioned why not use them as space launchers as we have in the past?

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