/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8554478
>SLS block II: 130 US tons
And there it is, as I predicted in >>8549679 As the other anon said, lucky to have it by 2030. Anything from NASA that's more than a decade away might as well be fairy dust, since they're dependent upon the whims of Congress.

>>8554859
>Ares I was originally intended to be partially reusable, since it was based on the shuttle SRBs.
There's a difference between "reuse" and "remanufacture".
Taking the empty tube and shipping it back to a factory to be "refueled" (repacked with firecracker powder), then shipped back to the pad, is re-manufacturing. Liquid fuels allow for same-pad (or at least same base) turnaround.
The avionics? That shit is nothing, it's easy to replace a little computer that costs a few thousand bucks.

(now inb4 "but SpaceX still has to take their rockets to a shed to inspect them before reuse!")