Merlin Reuse

[scaesare]

Didn't find a "Merlin Reuse" thread in a quick search, so now we have one.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1760882381148623202

 

[Cosmacelf]

Huh so refurbishment of the first stage may involve engine replacement. So not as cheap as people might think.

 

[JB47394]

Huh so refurbishment of the first stage may involve engine replacement.

We don't have any information along those lines. They may have taken an engine from the booster that fell over. It completed 19 flights. So you take one of those engines and put it on another booster to get more flight time out of it, to see how far it can be pushed. So now they're up to 22 flights. It's actually a clever way to go because when it fails, it'll very probably be the only engine to fail on that flight. As opposed to having all nine engines with 30 flights on them, or whatever.