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One of my favorite facts is that merely relighting the engine provides enough thrust to lift the rocket (at its minimum throttle of 60%). This means that it mu
by prplhaz4 10y ago
One of my favorite facts is that merely relighting the engine provides enough thrust to lift the rocket (at its minimum throttle of 60%).
This means that it must slow to a standstill, cut the engines and hit the platform at exactly the same time or it will either start going up again or be dropped onto the platform from a less than ideal height.
- 542458 10y agoThis maneuver (powered descent with high deceleration right before impact) is called a "suicide burn"!
- tajen 10y agoSlow to a standstill and cut the engines at the exact point where it pushes enough on the platform that when the engine stops thursting, the platform bumps back exactly to the bottom of the rocket.
- d_theorist 10y agoMind boggling.