Falcon 9 - First stage to be recovered!

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/002/status.html

Weather permitting.

In article . com,
says...

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/002/status.html

Weather permitting.

From what I've read, they're uging NASA's SRB recovery ships for this.
It really makes sense to recover the first stage. Even if it's not able
to be reused, it can be inspected. Post flight inspection could reveal
problems with the luanch vehicle which would otherwise go unnoticed.

Jeff
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On 9/12/2010 1:34 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
In igpond.com,
says...

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/002/status.html

Weather permitting.

From what I've read, they're uging NASA's SRB recovery ships for this.
It really makes sense to recover the first stage. Even if it's not able
to be reused, it can be inspected. Post flight inspection could reveal
problems with the luanch vehicle which would otherwise go unnoticed.

Jeff

Absolutely; I couldn't agree more. I've read that SpaceX does intend to
re-use the first stage.

I thought the whole problem with first stage reuse was the ingress of salt
water into the mechanisms etc. Its a nice idea but might it not cost more
than a new one?
Brian

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On 9/12/2010 1:34 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
In igpond.com,
says...

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/002/status.html

Weather permitting.

From what I've read, they're uging NASA's SRB recovery ships for this.
It really makes sense to recover the first stage. Even if it's not able
to be reused, it can be inspected. Post flight inspection could reveal
problems with the luanch vehicle which would otherwise go unnoticed.

Jeff

Absolutely; I couldn't agree more. I've read that SpaceX does intend to
re-use the first stage.

On 9/12/2010 9:06 PM, Brian Gaff wrote:
I thought the whole problem with first stage reuse was the ingress of salt
water into the mechanisms etc. Its a nice idea but might it not cost more
than a new one?
Brian


Perhaps water recovery's only for the prototype flights and land
recovery will be for operational use? Remember Kistler's K1?

Alan Erskine wrote in news:ZGLLo.4538$gM3.3962
@viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/002/status.html

Weather permitting.


Reportedly only debris found, and what I think was a prototype
suborbital package with a "black box" data recorder. No details
on the recovery systems, which I presume include parachutes.

--Damon