You forget that all engines and the first and the second stage of shuttle returns to Earth. Well not so spectacular but returned. And the engines of 2 nd and 3 rd stage of Falcon will not be returned.Realistically shuttle lost only huge reservoir of hydrogen and oxygen.I'm not against Falcon. But neither is something qualitatively different off other rockets or more often launched than other rockets.
Of course I could write WOW and everyone to love me but usually speak what I think
You could not be more wrong. The Falcon is most certainly qualitatively different than all other rockets.
The Space Shuttles boosters (first stage sort of) did return, but they were allowed to splash into salt water which required a tremendous amount of time and money to clean them and prepare them for re-use. Falcon 9 doesn't do that, the first stage comes back to be reused with (hopefully) minimal refurbishing.
When you say they only lost the huge reservoir of hydrogen and oxygen, I'm not sure if you mean they only lost the fuel, or the External Tank. Replacing the huge tank each flight was a very significant cost as well. The tank didn't land safely - it was destroyed. The main fuel tanks on the Falcon 9 aren't lost. The second stage is, for now, but that's a lesser portion of the total cost than the first stage is, and therefore allows for a huge reduction in cost for each mission when reused.
All the main engines did return to Earth on the Orbiter, but they too required major rebuilding after each flight, essentially tearing them down completely and a good deal of the parts were replaced. The Falcon 9 will certainly require the engines to be tested, but SpaceX is planning on those engines to be reused with far less refurbishing.
And finally, the Shuttle was a huge waste of weight taken to orbit each mission. The wings, tail, tires, etc. are only used for landing but are a significant percentage of the total weight that was launched. The Falcon 9 will be able to get cargo and people into space MUCH cheaper than the Shuttle could, and will launch much more often.
So yes, the Falcon 9 is a much different approach to launching rockets than anything else so far, including the Shuttle, the Blue Origin rockets, or even the Saturn V (my favorite rocket).
Wow.
Edit - to stay on topic. It looks like the next Falcon 9 launch will be in September from Canaveral again to launch the Amos 6 satellite. Two total launches September and two in October on the schedule.
I guess now we have confirmation they're not going to be able to go grab it with a forklift, dust it off and use it again.
