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This makes no sense to me. If you want to recover the rockets why not use parachutes? Guiding a parachute down, maybe with the help of some propellers, has got
by guelo 11y ago
This makes no sense to me. If you want to recover the rockets why not use parachutes? Guiding a parachute down, maybe with the help of some propellers, has got to be easier and more reliable than this.
- bigdubs 11y agoeven with a gigantic chute you're still approaching the ground at ~20mph. not a lot can hit the ground at that speed (and be that big) without either making it prohibitively heavy to fly, or without things breaking seriously enough it would be a write off.
- taroth 11y agoPrecision landings http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/7949/why-does-the-spacex-reusable-launcher-use-vertical-rather-than-horizontal-landin http://space.stackexchange.com/questions/7949/why-does-the-s...
- zardo 11y agoExtreme speeds and loads. Parachutes don't scale.
- namlem 11y agoSpaceX tried using parachutes multiple times but they couldn't provide the necessary accuracy and velocity reduction.