What is Block 5 of Falcon 9? Why'd SpaceX throw non Block 5's away?

Block 5. The elusive final iteration of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is finally almost here. Although we’ve known quite a bit about what’s going to be new with Block 5, the general public has had a very hard time understanding what, when, why, how, huh’s when it comes to block changes.

Well today, we’re going to try and untangle the confusion of block changes, revealing the history of the Falcon 9 and how its evolved into the fully and rapidly reusable rocket we hope to see with this new ultimate Block 5 Falcon 9.

We’re also going to do a side by side comparison of all versions of the Falcon 9 including Block 5 to show you just how much is changing before SpaceX commits to freezing the Falcon 9 so astronauts can finally ride on top.

And lastly we’re going to explain why SpaceX has been throwing away some of their older Falcon 9’s before they get into this new Block 5 booster.

Other videos mentioned:

Why it took 5 years for the Falcon Heavy to fly - https://youtu.be/FOdoNQXQYv8

Why SpaceX won't propulsively land their Dragon capsule - https://youtu.be/NW8G446MG4I

What is a block - https://youtu.be/X9A1Ny6B310?t=1m57s

Falcon 9 development history - https://youtu.be/X9A1Ny6B310?t=3m33s

Block 5 vs none Block 5 - https://youtu.be/X9A1Ny6B310?t=8m46s

Block naming - https://youtu.be/X9A1Ny6B310?t=11m14s

Block 5 design freeze - https://youtu.be/X9A1Ny6B310?t=13m15s

Why throw non Block 5's away? - https://youtu.be/X9A1Ny6B310?t=13m46s

Thanks for the awesome footage of the landed Falcon 9 core by Talia Landman -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3ymPWY6Jrw&t=82s

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