From: niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid   
      
   On 2020-08-18 6:26, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote:   
   > "JF Mezei"  wrote in message news:ouB_G.136242$9r7.82498@fx07.iad...   
   >>   
   >> Mr Musk mentioned that this week's launch will be a first in that it   
   >> will be 6th re-use of a Falcon 9.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Do we know how many Falcon 9s are in the pool of available launchers.   
   >> Assuming equal use, if all falcon 9s are at 5 right now, how many   
   >> launches before they are all at 6 and the next one after that will be   
   >> 7th re-use?   
   >>   
   >> Just curious how long it might take till we see 10th re-use and if  at   
   >> that point, they might decide that they are good for even more.   
   >>   
   >> Has SpaceX retired any Block 5s that did not land succesfully yet? Or   
   >> are they all in rotation?   
   >>   
   >> Has Musk released annual production rate for new Falcon9 first stages   
   >> recently? With NASA having OKed re-use, I assuem production rates might   
   >> go even lower?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I'm not 100% sure what the inventory count for 1st stages is, but   
   > apparently at one point President Gwynne Shotwell did address the fact   
   > that they were going to ramp up production of the 2nd stages, since   
   > those are obviously consumed every mission. Fortunately they use only a   
   > single Merlin on each flight, not 9. Engine production as I understand   
   > it is the real gating issue.   
   >   
   > Nut you may find this interesting:   
   > https://www.spacelaunchreport.com/falcon9ft.html#f9stglog   
      
   Another list is in Wikipedia:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_first-stage_boosters   
      
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