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syncsynchalt on June 4, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites

I think I've confused my terminology, as "main booster" usually means the first stage as a whole, but I used it to refer to the individual SSMEs.

But I think _you're_ referring to the SRBs.

In both cases (SSME and SRB) they were re-used in some fashion, though I agree the SRB re-use was not a good solution.

TeMPOraL on June 4, 2020 [–]

Yeah, SSMEs didn't have contact with salt water and were easier to refurb :). In general, they were a work of art.

I thought you meant SRBs because they too were advertised as reusable, even though in practice, they weren't.

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