Falcon 9 shows no damage after landing.
The head of SpaceX, Ilon Musk, said in his Instagram that the Falcon 9 rocket arrived at the hangar at Cape Canaveral and is again ready to launch. Damage to the rocket after its successful landing on December 22 last year was not detected.
It is worth recalling that earlier Ilon Mask at a press conference said that SpaceX engineers will conduct a Falcon 9 survey in order to find out its suitability for further flights into space. Specifically, this model of the rocket will no longer fly, since it is a unique sample for the study by the engineers of the company.
In an interview with the radio station "Govorit Moskva", Roscosmos expert Andrei Ionin, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. K.E. Tsiolkovsky, considered the work of the SpaceX company to be economically inexpedient. According to Ionin, Ilon Musk is developing a vertical landing technology for use on Mars.
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“There is nothing new from the point of view of technology, but the Mask’s landing on supports was indeed the first to succeed. This is truly an outstanding technical achievement. As for the economics of the process, it’s not all clear. Saving big does not happen. The design of the first stage of the rocket is significantly heavier. As a result, by 20-30 percent, and maybe more, the mass ejected by such a rocket decreases, respectively, you lose money. Plus, it is necessary to take into account the very serious costs of defecting the steps before the next launch and preparation for the next launch. On it, by the way, Space Shuttle has got burned. As it turned out, these costs significantly exceed the production of a new stage, ”said Ionin.
Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, on the contrary, urged to follow the example of Mask and follow the path of cheaper flights into space: “Look at what billionaire Musk does with his projects. It is very interesting, it is well done, and we respect this work. ”
It is worth recalling that earlier Ilon Mask at a press conference said that SpaceX engineers will conduct a Falcon 9 survey in order to find out its suitability for further flights into space. Specifically, this model of the rocket will no longer fly, since it is a unique sample for the study by the engineers of the company.
In an interview with the radio station "Govorit Moskva", Roscosmos expert Andrei Ionin, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics. K.E. Tsiolkovsky, considered the work of the SpaceX company to be economically inexpedient. According to Ionin, Ilon Musk is developing a vertical landing technology for use on Mars.
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“There is nothing new from the point of view of technology, but the Mask’s landing on supports was indeed the first to succeed. This is truly an outstanding technical achievement. As for the economics of the process, it’s not all clear. Saving big does not happen. The design of the first stage of the rocket is significantly heavier. As a result, by 20-30 percent, and maybe more, the mass ejected by such a rocket decreases, respectively, you lose money. Plus, it is necessary to take into account the very serious costs of defecting the steps before the next launch and preparation for the next launch. On it, by the way, Space Shuttle has got burned. As it turned out, these costs significantly exceed the production of a new stage, ”said Ionin.
Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, on the contrary, urged to follow the example of Mask and follow the path of cheaper flights into space: “Look at what billionaire Musk does with his projects. It is very interesting, it is well done, and we respect this work. ”
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/371555/
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