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Someone asked him this on his twitter feed. In short, they can't do high velocity missions and land on land, because they won't have enough fuel left over to sl
by gnoway 11y ago
Someone asked him this on his twitter feed. In short, they can't do high velocity missions and land on land, because they won't have enough fuel left over to slow down. Maybe if they had landing pads on land all around the world in the right latitudes they could land on land more often.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688842435955261440 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688842435955261440
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688844190826942465 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/688844190826942465
- exDM69 11y agoTheir upcoming Texas launch site [0] should be in a suitable position for a landing at Cape Canaveral for higher velocity launches to orbit. The first stage landing location must be relatively close to the launch site because the velocity of the first stage at burnout is mostly vertical. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_private_launch_site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_private_launch_site