“SpaceX no longer plans to upgrade the second stage of the Falcon 9 for reuse. Instead, let's speed up with BFR (Big Falcon Rocket. - RT ), ”he wrote on Twitter.
Btw, SpaceX 2 second stage for reusability. Accelerating BFR instead. New design is very exciting! Delightfully counter-intuitive.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 17 novembre 2018The first stage of the Falcon 9 has repeatedly successfully returned to Earth and reused. In particular, in early October it was reported that the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket had returned to the California cosmodrome Vandenberg.
In April, Musk suggested using a giant balloon to save the second stage of the rocket after its launch.