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> Your proposed system would add a lot of complexity, all for the small decrease in launch mass. While I agree with your overall sentiment, I imagine that peop
by rco8786 11y ago
> Your proposed system would add a lot of complexity, all for the small decrease in launch mass.
While I agree with your overall sentiment, I imagine that people building rockets make complexity tradeoffs to save tiny amounts of weight all the time.
- JshWright 11y agoSpaceX, on the other hand, has been willing to sacrifice some weight in order to reduce complexity and improve reliability and reusability.