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I didn't went to Port Canaveral due to the current order, so I tried to catch B1051.4's ascension from my place 60 km/38 mi away from Pad-39A.

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It was interesting to see how "pitched" Falcon 9 appears to be from this perspective.

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4 hours ago, Flavio hc16 said:

Am I the only one that is relieved that the modes of failure get more stupid by the times? Like is no design flaw, just someone who forgot "that switch" or something like that ( in the last years at least, not counting the dm-1 capsule explosion)

You mean like, "the capsule had the wrong internal time set on the clock"?

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Falcon 9 has now surpassed Atlas V for the number of successful launches.

Detractors can argue that the supposed cost savings of reuse have yet to materialize, since SpaceX isn't showing its internal financials. But it's hard to argue with the time savings of refurbishment and reuse. There's no way they could have hit this launch cadence using only brand new Falcon 9s. It's why RocketLabs is seeking to do the same thing...not to cut costs, but to increase cadence.

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11 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

Unless for that money the Atlassians could stamp new rockets like sausages, lol.

If all you have are the sausage casings, with no sausage filling shipped from Russia, then all you really have is an effective enema.

EDIT: Shocked that the filter allowed enema.

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14 minutes ago, sevenperforce said:

If all you have are the sausage casings

That was Khrushchev's phrase "Now we are making rockets (ICBM) like sausages!"

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So, SpaceX is still launching sats with man-rated rockets.
A sat-rated rocket would be cheaper.

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