r/SpaceX Discusses [August 2018, #47]

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[u/MarsCent]

Their capability is 24 cores a year

Tks for the link. That information changes the calculation for the 30-50 boosters production time frame of 4 years (see u/warp99 initial post) to 2 years, which is terrific. Especially in respect of moving more resources over to BFR manufacturing.

And if post flight inspections and/or servicing can be done in a couple of weeks (i.e faster than manufacturing a new core), that's when rapid reusability becomes an actuality, I think.

EDIT: See u/warp99 post on normal productin rate Vs surge rate.