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SpaceX launches two rockets within 48 hours


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Amazing to watch what these engineers have done. Someday our astronauts may return to Earth the same way these first stage rockets are. Now that would be an exciting ride.

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I just wonder how much preparation time was really necessary and if the schdule is sustainable once Space X goes fully commercial.

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Can't spell for crap today.
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11 hours ago, paperdyer said:

I just wonder how much preparation time was really necessary

No more than normal. These two launches occurredfrom different launch sites, Kennedy in Florid and Vandenberg in California, and so would have used different launch teams working independently of each other.

Whilst such "double headers" of launches using the same type of vehicle  from different launch sites are not common they are also not unique. ULA has done it in the past with the Atlas and 2 Soyuz rockets were launched within 2 hours of each other in 2013.

 

11 hours ago, paperdyer said:

and if the schdule is sustainable once Space X goes fully commercial.

Well firstly SpaceX has been fully commercial since the day it was set up.

As for the launch schedule, it is still far slower than SpaceX needs, they have a lot of orders and have previously suffered a lot of delays. 

SpaceX are currently repairing launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral AFB, which was damaged in the Falcon 9 explosion. They are also building a new launch pad in Texas. This will give them 4 launch pads (3 on the East coast where most commercial launches occur) meaning they will be able to ramp up the launch rate even more

 

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Ambitious SpaceX is making these launches and landings look easy. 

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Seems they don`t care about a carbon tax go figure.

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