Attempts to build spacecraft that can be flown more than once are littered with failures. But led by SpaceX, the commercial launch industry is trying again to find ways to reuse engines, stages and perhaps someday the entire vehicle by reassembling it after launch. Debra Werner explains the technical and economic hurdles.


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    Title :

    REUSEABLE ROCKET RENAISSANCE


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2015



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    Local classification TIB:    770/7040
    BKL:    55.88 Luftverkehr, Raumfahrt / 55.88



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