top | item 41346854 (no title) smarnach | 1 year ago It had a reusable orbiter, not a reusable first stage. discuss order hn newest extraduder_ire|1 year ago The external tank and both SRBs could be refurbished and reused. The orbiter also forms part of the first stage. mrguyorama|1 year ago Maybe at one point really early on the external tank was planned to be reused, but it was expended in every launch of the shuttle with no provisions for re-usability. They even stopped painting it within a few launches.
extraduder_ire|1 year ago The external tank and both SRBs could be refurbished and reused. The orbiter also forms part of the first stage. mrguyorama|1 year ago Maybe at one point really early on the external tank was planned to be reused, but it was expended in every launch of the shuttle with no provisions for re-usability. They even stopped painting it within a few launches.
mrguyorama|1 year ago Maybe at one point really early on the external tank was planned to be reused, but it was expended in every launch of the shuttle with no provisions for re-usability. They even stopped painting it within a few launches.
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