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Ars Technica: China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it

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Ars Technica: China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it

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The hardware is impressive, but the bigger test is whether they can do it again and again without turning each flight into a rebuild. Reusability only changes the economics if the turnaround is boring and reliable.

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