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		Rhinobird 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return o... The space shuttle was refurbishable. It needed an army of 5000 engineers a few months to get it flight worthy after each launch. And ultimately that wasn't enough for safety.

rockemsockem 11 months ago [–]

To be fair, falcon 9 also gets refurbished between flights.

But it's way less time/labor intensive than the shuttle.

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