Back to the moon, only CEV reuseable?

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Philip Walden - 22 Sep 2005 23:40 GMT

Looking at the planned vehicles for the return to the moon, the
article(s) seemed to emphasize leverage of shuttle technology. For
example the use of SSMEs and SSRBs. However, only the CEV was described
as reusable.

Will the new systems also recover and reuse the boosters? If not, seems
like a waste of a good SSME which are supposed to be good for many firings.

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Dosco Jones - 23 Sep 2005 04:41 GMT

> Looking at the planned vehicles for the return to the moon, the
> article(s) seemed to emphasize leverage of shuttle technology. For
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> Will the new systems also recover and reuse the boosters? If not, seems
> like a waste of a good SSME which are supposed to be good for many firings.

The refurb cost makes it barely worth the effort. I'd give it up.

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Back to the moon, only CEV reuseable?