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Originally Posted by PKIDelirium
It's apparently cheaper to build all-new disposable ones than build ones with stronger reusable casings with flotation and recovery systems, and then go through the refurbishment process to ready them for flight again.
They've already repurposed one of the SRB recovery ships as a mobile tracking and observation platform for the SpaceX launches to the ISS.
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I hope the F-1 boosters get approved. SRB's need to be ditched.