All rockets have more thrust than their weight, otherwise they would not get off the ground. Hover ability comes from having a rocket engine that can throttle

All rockets have more thrust than their weight, otherwise they would not get off the ground. Hover ability comes from having a rocket engine that can throttle down enough to match the weight of the almost-empty rocket. Blue Origin's BE-3 can throttle down to 20% of its design thrust, possibly lower.[1] SpaceX's Merlin 1D can throttle down to 70%.[2] Apparently, even with only one of the nine engines firing, it's enough to lift the almost-empty Falcon 9 first stage. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BE-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BE-3 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(rocket_engine_family)#Merlin_1D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(rocket_engine_family)#...