The shuttle boosters required rebuilding / refueling (which is solid rocket goop) and the fuel tank was completely lost and required rebuilding. The head shield tiles were extremely fragile on the shuttle.
It was never a fully reusable design, just more reusable than before.
SpaceX plans to have no parts that are lost each flight and is working to make the tiles mostly standardized and less sensitive to faults.
It was never a fully reusable design, just more reusable than before.
SpaceX plans to have no parts that are lost each flight and is working to make the tiles mostly standardized and less sensitive to faults.