Elon Musk just set a condition that could end Falcon 9 as we know it
Musk said Falcon 9 will be retired after Starship reaches reliable weekly flights, as SpaceX pushes toward far higher launch volume and lower costs.
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Goodbye, Falcon 9: SpaceX planning to retire workhorse launcher when Starship is up and running
The rumors are true. SpaceX plans to retire its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket once the company's giant next-generation Starship begins regular operational flights. SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 for the first time in 2010, and the rocket soon chiselled itself a place in spaceflight history. The Falcon 9 has lifted off nearly 700 times to date, and it's the first orbital rocket ever to land and refly its first-stage booster. Russia's Soyuz rocket, whic…
Elon Musk just set a condition that could end Falcon 9 as we know it
Elon Musk gave the clearest timeline yet for retiring Falcon 9, SpaceX’s workhorse rocket. The comment came in a reply on X, where Musk wrote that “once Starship is flying reliably several times per week, it makes sense to shift super scarce SpaceX engineering and production resources to Starship to get launch rate to several times per day, which means winding down Falcon.” He was responding to physicist Casey Handmer, who noted that NASA is rep…
The Falcon 9 is not eternal. Elon Musk has just recalled that his star rocket, which is outrageously dominating the world market, is destined to disappear in favour of the gigantic Starship. An industrial transition implacable on paper, but which should spread over several years. It is not necessarily a
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