Were liquid boosters on Shuttle ever realistic?
JF Mezei wrote:
On 2017-10-29 11:15, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:
But, Musk's goal is to do a reflight within 24 hours. I suspect he'll do it
within the next year or two, if only as a demonstration.
My point exactly. SpaceX hasn't yet acheived that promise of very quick
turn around and high reflight rate.
There will always be a 'next goal' and desire for improvement so, as
I've pointed out, by your 'logic' it will never be achieved. If they
get it down to a day, well, it's not an hour. If they get it down to
an hour, well, it's not 10 minutes. If they get it down to 10
minutes, well, it's not a minute...
No matter high high the confidence level they will do it, you can't
claim "Mission Accomplished" yet.
Of course you can. Over 20% of boosters flown this year were 'used'
and they're turning them 'fast enough' for current use.
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