This is remarkable! I thought 10 flights of a booster would be a stretch, now they’re at 20! They’re now over halfway to the Space Shuttle Discovery’s record of 39 orbital flights! But B1062 did it in just 3 and a half years, as opposed to Discovery which flew for 27 years!
This is remarkable! I thought 10 flights of a booster would be a stretch, now they’re at 20! They’re now over halfway to the Space Shuttle Discovery’s record of 39 orbital flights! But B1062 did it in just 3 and a half years, as opposed to Discovery which flew for 27 years!
@Erdayastronaut And the shuttle was nearly a complete rebuild between flights. Well certainly in comparison. Would I be correct in that @Erdayastronaut ?
@Erdayastronaut That comparison is a bit unfair. The orbiter "orbited", as opposed to the F9 booster.
@Erdayastronaut Do we know how many boosters are operational at this point?
@Erdayastronaut Tim, i just finished your soviet rocket engines, im interested in, will you make a video about Nuclear Rocket Engines?
I really would like to know, how much a booster costs. How high is maintenance after a lunch and spare parts (rocket engines) and than fuel per start. Imagine $20M per Booster and $1M per Start. So only 2 Million (not included upper stage ...). What has NASA done in the last 50 years? :-)
@Erdayastronaut Next flight I will buy it a drink.