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kortilla parent
Is this meaningful without it being orbital?
mr_toad
The commercial market is almost entirely for satellites, and by definition that means putting them in orbit.
iancmceachern
We were sending stuff into orbit far before we could reliably, reusabley, land a rocket on its tail.
kortilla OP
It’s the combination of the two that’s challenging though. The force of a first stage boosting an upper stage to orbit is a lot different than a carnival ride style single stage apogee ride.
biscottigelato
Recovering and reusing something that went up and down

And something that went orbital at supersonic speed

Is not even remotely the same universe

McDonell Douglas have done up and down since 1992

SpaceX is the only entity that have recovered and reused any rocket parts after sending payloads orbital

Wake me up when someone have done even a test that resembles orbital recovery

Until then all the EDS in here has zero power over reality

joelwilliamson
> SpaceX is the only entity that have recovered and reused any rocket parts after sending payloads orbital

This is not true. Say what you will about the Shuttle, but they definitely recovered and reused rocket parts from both the boosters and the orbiter.

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