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greyw0lv@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

They really haven’t yet. The concept is that reusable rockets will be cheaper than soviet era single use rockets… eventually.

On a surface level it makes sense, taking a rocket refurbishing it, and refueling sounds cheaper. But its not. Not yet anyways. Too complex and expensive presently.

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