[thinkingkong]

The shuttle itself was reusable but the two solid rocket boosters and the external fuel tank were all disposable components.

[anonymars]

False, in fact most of the Artemis I booster segments were previously flown on one or more shuttle missions

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[vFunct]

The space shuttles boosters were reused. So, literally every engine in the shuttle was reused. Wild what NASA did 40 years ago…

[ricardobeat]

The parts were reused but they rebuilt the whole thing from the ground up, everytime. Reusability means something like a plane: refuel + safety checks and you’re good to go again

[DarmokJalad1701]

> Wild what NASA did 40 years ago…

You can do that when you have $1b/flight to spend on refurbishing.

[SoftTalker]

And all designed in the 1970s.