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Reusable Rockets

Elon Musk invented reusable rockets to reduce costs by reusing parts of rockets. The first reusable rocket was SpaceX's Falcon 9, which helped lower launch costs. Falcon Heavy was then developed using three Falcon 9 rocket cores. The first reusable rocket ever was NASA's Space Shuttle, launched in 1981 to carry satellites. Reusable rockets allow more space exploration at reduced costs through reuse of parts.

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Reusable Rockets

Elon Musk invented reusable rockets to reduce costs by reusing parts of rockets. The first reusable rocket was SpaceX's Falcon 9, which helped lower launch costs. Falcon Heavy was then developed using three Falcon 9 rocket cores. The first reusable rocket ever was NASA's Space Shuttle, launched in 1981 to carry satellites. Reusable rockets allow more space exploration at reduced costs through reuse of parts.

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Reusable Rockets

By Kingsley Cui
Why Reusable Rockets were invented

The purpose of reusable rockets was to save money. Rocket boosters are
extremely expensive, and the world was going to be broke if they sent tons and
tons of metal into space. So, Elon Musk, an extremely famous entrepreneur,
invented a rocket called a “reusable rocket”. What is a reusable rocket? True to
its word, a reusable rocket can indeed be reused, with parts of the rocket being
reused, just like what its name is!
Current Reusable Rockets
Development of Falcon 9

Falcon 9 was the first worldwide created reusable rocket, extremely suitable for
space missions these days. It is helpful to reduce the cost of rocket launches in
the present and the future. Rocket launches are extremely expensive, however
thanks to the reusable rockets nowadays, parts of the rocket can be reused to
make new rockets, thereby saving cost! The engine that Falcon 9 had was Merlin,
the same engine that was put in Falcon 1 and Falcon Heavy.
Development of
Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy has a height of 70 meters, with
a width of 12.2 meters. Its mass is 1420788
kilograms, due to the three reusable Falcon
9 nine-engine cores. Falcon Heavy was
created in order to carry heavy devices up to
Mars, where this is very suitable due to the
trials of discoveries of life on Mars. The
creation of Falcon Heavy was really just
three Falcon 9 cores added together, with a
few touches here and there! This is also why
Falcon Heavy looks very similar to Falcon 9.
The First Reusable Rocket ever made

The first reusable rocket ever made was the Space Shuttle and is also the first
ever created rocket that can carry large satellites to and from orbit. This rocket
was launched in 1981, on the twelfth of April. The Space Shuttle was invented by
the Rockwell International and was created using the power of hydrogen fuel and
oxidizer, Rocketdyne and the engineas designer.
Conclusion

Reusable rockets are extremely useful nowadays, due to the reduced costs of
these rockets, leading to cheaper exploration. Newer technology leads to more
and more advanced rocket ships, thereby allowing more exploration in space
with reusable parts that will greatly reduce the costs.
Bibliography

 SpaceX. (2023). Falcon 9. Available at:


https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-9/ (Accessed 9 June 2023)
 SpaceX. (2023). Falcon Heavy. Available at:
https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-heavy/#:~:text=As%20one%20of%20
the%20world's,(141%2C000%20lbs)%20to%20orbit
. (Accessed 9 June 2023)
 NASA. (Not disclosed). Space Shuttle. Available at:
https://www.nasa.gov/returntoflight/system/system_STS_prt.htm (Accessed
9 June 2023)

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