jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoNASA is about to make its most important safety decision in nearly a generationarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down14
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minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·3 months agoTheir idea of building a new rocket is by reusing as much of the 1970’s shuttle tech as they can.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months ago reusing as much of the 1970’s shuttle tech as they can And reusing the tech, but not the hardware. NASA are throwing four RS-25 shuttle engines (some of which flew multiple shuttle missions) into the ocean with every SLS launch.
Their idea of building a new rocket is by reusing as much of the 1970’s shuttle tech as they can.
And reusing the tech, but not the hardware. NASA are throwing four RS-25 shuttle engines (some of which flew multiple shuttle missions) into the ocean with every SLS launch.