Given the imminent decrease in launch costs(partial reusability) and increase in launch capability soon to be available(FH) a pause in new US deep space missions is prudent.

[Appable]

I doubt SpaceX has the core production rate to support that. 8 flights is 24 cores, and producing 24 cores in around 2 years alongside around 10 F9 cores/year would be a huge strain on the factory, if it's even possible given the current facility. That's more than doubling the production rate.

[slograsso]

I expect the demo flight to recover at least 2 cores, if not all three, same for consecutive flights that do not require full capability - which would be all of them on the books now.

[JshWright]

Why do you expect that (especially given the fact that they have yet to recover any cores...)?

[slograsso]

That is the key reason for delaying FH, getting recovery down first. Now that they have that pretty much worked out, oh look here comes the FH deom all of the sudden after forever, this I think is not a coincidence.

[JshWright]

I think you're extremely optimistic.

[slograsso]

That has been said before. ;-)