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> He greatly overestimated the amount of fuel SpaceX needs to land a Falcon 9, and especially overestimated the amount of fuel needed for the SES-9 landing atte
by hackuser 11y ago
> He greatly overestimated the amount of fuel SpaceX needs to land a Falcon 9, and especially overestimated the amount of fuel needed for the SES-9 landing attempt.
He made no estimate of that and didn't mention SES-9. What are you reading? Is that in the original audio recording because it's not in the article.
His criticism was that "it requires flying additional fuel to perform the landing", which I interpreted to be about weight and not fuel cost, and that ULA's plan is to parachute the rockets down, I assume to minimize that problem. Do you have information that contradicts him?
Where is this coming from? [Deleted last sentence]
- mikeash 11y agoYes, it's from the original audio. "He carried 100,000 pounds of fuel after he deployed this last SES satellite...." Starts just after 22 minutes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYhClj8zYcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYhClj8zYcY