Reusable First Stages, Engines And Lifting Bodies To Cut Cost Of Space Access

Credit: SpaceX
While few in the space business dispute that reusability is the key to dramatic reductions in the cost of space transport, there is less agreement on the best way to achieve this goal. Since the retirement of the winged space shuttle, the first technically reusable—but massively expensive—launch...

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