Do NOT try and catch that rocket........................

Mushtang said:

It would be very surprising to me if recovering and reusing the SRBs was actually more cost effective than making new ones for each mission.

There doesn't appear to be much to them after they're recovered except for an empty shell which needs to be completely dismantled and cleaned before it can be put back together and reused. The cost of new empty shells seems like it would be much less than the cost of maintaining those two ships, the crew to get the SRBs, the cleaning and refurbishing of the shells, etc.

Anyone have a breakdown on these expenses?

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Mushtang said:

It would be very surprising to me if recovering and reusing the SRBs was actually more cost effective than making new ones for each mission.

There doesn't appear to be much to them after they're recovered except for an empty shell which needs to be completely dismantled and cleaned before it can be put back together and reused. The cost of new empty shells seems like it would be much less than the cost of maintaining those two ships, the crew to get the SRBs, the cleaning and refurbishing of the shells, etc.

Anyone have a breakdown on these expenses?

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