SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that the company will work towards reusing the Falcon 9 rocket’s boosters and fairings for 42 missions each after an X user challenged him to it.
What Happened: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission to medium earth orbit from Florida on Saturday. The mission was the 20th and last flight of the first-stage booster that supported the mission.
The particular booster, SpaceX said, launched about 200 spacecraft as part of its rideshare program, supported 13 Starlink missions, and even sent Intuitive Machine‘s lunar lander to the Moon.
“In total, this Falcon delivered 228+ metric tons to Earth orbit and beyond,” SpaceX said.