>>12892242Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder and CEO, has said the newest version of the Falcon 9 booster — called the Block 5 — could fly 10 times without any major refurbishment, and perhaps 100 times with periodic overhauls.
According to Elon Musk, almost every piece of the Falcon should be reused over 100 times. Heat shields and a few other items should be reused over 10 times before replacement.
[disregard all previous Elon bullshit artistry]
*he's genuinely on the level this time
SpaceX has achieved a record-breaking eighth reuse of one of its Falcon 9 rockets.
Personally, I think chemical rocketry is fucking boring.
his achievements aren't next gen anything.
