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SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today

304 points · 367 comments · geox

misiti3780 · 1790600110 · focus · HN ↗
Why arnt they doing a tower catch ?
1. bell-cot · 1790604051 · focus · HN ↗
  Towers are expensive. Boosters are cheap. And the reliability metrics on low-serial-number Raptor 3's don't make the modest benefits worth the risk.
  1. verzali · 1790801689 · focus · HN ↗
    Why bother reusing at all then?

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