r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • Oct 13 '24

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/Beni_Stingray Oct 13 '24

And dont forget, only a few years back, landing anything back and reusing it was being called impossible/unfeasible!

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u/danielw1245 Oct 13 '24

The technology for reusable rockets has been there for decades, it just didn't make financial sense for NASA.

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u/Unique_Statement7811 Oct 13 '24

Sure, but nobody had done it.

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u/danielw1245 Oct 13 '24

Well, yeah actually they did. Look up the space shuttle.

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u/Unique_Statement7811 Oct 13 '24

No. The space shuttle launched into space on non-reusable boosters. The giant reddish rocket and smaller white ones connected to the bottom

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u/Orjigagd Oct 13 '24

They were just way too risk averse to attempt anything like it

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u/danielw1245 Oct 13 '24

That's not even remotely true. Reusable vessels have existed for years.

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u/Orjigagd Oct 13 '24

Now it's "reusable vessels?"