Comment by outworlder
4 years ago
> NASA was reusing orbital 'upper stages' (although not boosters or ETs) for a few years. This little thing called a 'Space Shuttle.'
Oh, the thing that had to be essentially refurbished before being able to fly again?
Correct.
(Though I forgot that they also refurbed the SRBs. I think the SSMEs are more impressive, they got 19 uses out of one of them.)
SRBs are complete trash after one use, they are a great reliable source of fuel, but it certainly wasn't feasible to reuse.