Reply to post: Re: Reusable?

Ariane 5 primed for second launch of year after trajectory cockup

werdsmith Silver badge

Re: Reusable?

Cost of material parts of a first stage compared to the cost of fuel, staff. hire of launch facility, lost second thrust stage etc, when the first stage and engines will have to go through a thorough process of reconditioning and testing and have used an amount of fuel to recover themselves anyway. Hmm, SpaceX have already implied that not a great deal of money is saved, but it's at least a step in the right direction.

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