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They should be proud of that for sure, but they just go up really high, vs. putting a payload into orbit. It's got to be an order if magnitude easier for BO. Lo
by yessql 10y ago
They should be proud of that for sure, but they just go up really high, vs. putting a payload into orbit. It's got to be an order if magnitude easier for BO. Look at how long the booster hovers and corrects it way down so gently. SpaceX just can't carry that much extra fuel to land like that.
- agumonkey 10y agoYeah,spacex had similar hover landing long ago, the trick is handling the suicide burn. BO is grabbing attention.
- MertsA 10y agoThe Falcon 9 also can't throttle low enough to be able to hover when empty. It could do it with extra fuel but that's only because the extra fuel would add more mass, it would have to land before it became light enough that it starts accelerating upwards again.