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		extraduder_ire on Aug 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return o... The external tank and both SRBs could be refurbished and reused. The orbiter also forms part of the first stage.

mrguyorama on Aug 26, 2024 [–]

Maybe at one point really early on the external tank was planned to be reused, but it was expended in every launch of the shuttle with no provisions for re-usability. They even stopped painting it within a few launches.

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