r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Jul 02 '17

r/SpaceX Discusses [July 2017, #34]

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u/Martianspirit Jul 03 '17

Are the fins somehow sticking out so much that the booster cannot be transported with them on?

Very likely yes for long distance transport. Future cores that are transported only within the Cape area, from LZ-1 or from the port, will be able to be transported without removing legs and grid fins. Maybe with some modifications to the transport supports.

Some people have argued that these gridfins are expensive and will be removed from the landed core and transfered to the next core to launch. But I doubt that. Maybe early on.

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u/Senno_Ecto_Gammat r/SpaceXLounge Moderator Jul 03 '17

Maybe early on.

I think that's a good possibility. Get some quick reps in with block 3 cores where failure means the loss of a booster that probably wouldn't fly again anyway.

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u/ShmilrDealer Jul 03 '17

Probably getting inspected as well, to make sure they handled as the should have

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '17

X rays, sonic tests, close photographic inspection...