Why NASA Doesn't Fly Reusable Rockets

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0:49 Saturn V: Ebs08, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
Statue of Liberty: Silhouette of the Statue of Liberty in New York.svg by Bea.miau, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons
2:16 Space Shuttle image courtesy of NASA
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4:18 SLS image courtesy of NASA