WASHINGTON, April 9 – RIA Novosti. The American aerospace company SpaceX hopes that the Falcon 9 first stage of the rocket can be used 10 to 20 times, and with a slight modernization – to make up a hundred flights, said CEO Elon Musk.
On Friday, after the successful launch of the Dragon space truck to the ISS SpaceX was the first to make a vertical landing of the first Falcon 9 rocket stage on a stand-alone platform in the ocean.
As said at a press conference after the launch of the mask first start had returned Friday missiles can already take place in June. In his remark, potentially the first step is to make another 10 to 20 flights, and in the case of minor improvements lifecycle can reach a hundred space missions.
© AP Photo / NASA / Bill Ingalls
SpaceX in December, has already made a successful landing of the first stage of the Falcon 9 to the cosmodrome. Earlier it was reported that the first returned from the space rocket returns to flight, as it represents for us a special value.
The company fulfills the first stage of the rocket technology fit for the future space missions cheaper by reusing the first step.
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