I wonder what's cheaper... tossing a brand new block 5 or reusing a FH.
Well, considering how difficult it was for SpaceX to even be allowed to BID on AirForce launches - remember SpaceX sued and they even held Congressional hearings - I found it interesting comparing ULA and Musk.
So if I remember correctly, SpaceX needed to get "certified by USAF" and the additional red tape and so SpaceX just about double the cost to launch to $130 million from the ~$65 million. Now, having experienced just how government works we can easily imagine that since Falcon was not yet landing boosters - landing boosters won't be certified yet. Right??
AND perhaps USAF really doesn't want rockets coming into the Air Base?? is SLC-40 considered USAF/national security? Well, we won't want to risk the USAF thinking the returning booster was an incoming N.Korean/Iran/Russia/China ICBM. USAF might jump at the chance to try out a couple of the ~20,000 missiles they have on standby. Any idea how long they've trained?
warning: I have no idea what I just wrote about, except the suing USAF and the Congressional hearing I watched and my limited experience of the past 60 years of endless and ongoing military conflicts in too many countries for me to remember. (only about 8 currently?).
= my reluctant mentor Mr. Bolton who keeps the flames going so our Military Industrial Complex stay busy and doesn't go broke.
side note: a little history you should know and teach your kids too
What Trump and John Bolton Don’t Understand About Nuclear War
PS- But what we can be sure of is that if people like Trump and Bolton had been in charge in 1962, then today there would be no discussion of the INF treaty — because there would be no treaty and no one to discuss it. It’s also certain that on our current trajectory, the day will come when the world will face a similar crisis. That time we won’t get the same roll of the dice. The hard reality of the Cuban missile crisis is that, as Blight and Lang put it, “either we put an end to nuclear weapons, or they will put an end to us.”
The hard reality of the Cuban missile crisis is that, as Blight and Lang put it, “either we put an end to nuclear weapons, or they will put an end to us.”
Do you remember that one weapon we humans developed and never used? me either.
Oh, yeah, we did drop two different ones on Japan, just to see which design worked better. Today these bombs are even better.