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To: BenLurkin

If the mission does not leave enough 1st-stage fuel reserves, then a landing is risky. It’s up to them to make the decision to land it or splash it. It’s their booster.


3 posted on 12/20/2017 1:31:14 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (The GOP-Democrat-Media Uniparty must be destroyed.)
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Nothing lasts forever so maybe the takeaway here is that the life-cycle of a SpaceX stage one is two.


4 posted on 12/20/2017 1:35:42 PM PST by Orbiter
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