• rtxn@lemmy.world
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      Not as much as you might think. Space launch rockets don’t carry a lot of extra fuel beyond what’s absolutely needed. Even propulsively landed rockets are almost empty.

      If you want to be outraged, look at how much carbon dioxide is produced during ascent.

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      Most rockets crash into the ocean with all their contents on purpose. This one flew 23 times before finally shitting the bed on this landing.

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        Plus it did land on the barge. Most of the debris should be there, though the remaining fuel would have mainly gone overboard. Probably the flight termination explosives also.

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        That’s impressive, I do wonder if they have some estimated lifespan for each rocket or how many times it’s reusable. Unless they intend to just keep using it with minimal to no maintenance at all. Which I guess would eventually lead to this.

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          Yea the previous goal was 10 flights, now the goal is send it until something breaks.

          Big advantage of having a built in customer (starlink)

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          Iirc the original goal was ‘at least 10’ but maybe up to 100 flights for a booster. No way to really know without flying them a lot

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      Pretty much just kerosene. So not the best, but not horrible. It just uses LOX and RP-1 (highly refined kerosene) for fuel.

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        What I get for saying something without googling first. I was expecting the hypergolic fueled mess of older rockets, but this is just a mess, but like, not THAT bad of a mess.

        It’s me, I’m the boomer.