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They said during prelaunch news conference that for this mission, falcon 9 had plenty of oomph to get the first stage back to the pad (payload mass is low), but
by wolf550e 11y ago
They said during prelaunch news conference that for this mission, falcon 9 had plenty of oomph to get the first stage back to the pad (payload mass is low), but couldn't because of environmental assessment not being ready.
- colechristensen 11y agohttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688844190826942465 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688844190826942465 "Ship landings are not needed for flexibility or to save fuel costs. Just not physically possible to return to launch site" - @elonmusk One party or another has the wrong information _shrug_.
- wolf550e 11y agoElon Musk explained why they need drone ship landings at all, once they have proved they can land on land: because some missions require landing downrange. I explained that Hans Koenigsmann said 27 minutes 57 seconds into NASA's Jason-3 prelaunch new conference that they have to try to land the Jason-3 booster on drone ship instead of land because they don't have environmental approval at this time for Vandenberg AFB in Califiornia.
- wolf550e 11y agohttps://youtu.be/Set_IES7VZE?t=1672 https://youtu.be/Set_IES7VZE?t=1672