Re: SpaceX update or Saturn V take 2

From: Damon Hill (damon1six1_at_comcast.not)
Date: 02/13/05 

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:34:40 -0600

richard schumacher <no-spam@invalid.com> wrote in
news:no-spam-D730B5.15364313022005@news.isp.giganews.com:

 
> OTOH, salt sea water is probably more corrosive to first stage
> components than is the fresh water of condensation to which the tanks
> have been exposed. I asked Space-X about this explicitly, and they
> said that they have done no immersion testing in salt water and do not
> plan to. That is worrisome.

It would appear they plan to do _that_ testing as part of the
flight program. I'm not sure this is a Good Thing, but they'll
surely get experience good or bad. Possibly SpaceX will discover
whether it's worth the extra steps to ensure reusability and
add them as needed. Hopefully future customers won't be disappointed
by this method of development, eh?

--Damon

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