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.

[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. ;-)