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SpaceX's Dragon Spacecraft Successfully Completes High Altitude Drop Test
- ugh 16y agoInteresting. I’m surprised that they don’t come down on dry land (like the Russians) but water (like Nasa did in the past). I would imagine that recovery on sea is quite a bit more complex and expensive than recovery on land. (A lot of ships are necessary to cover the large area and to make a speedy recovery possible.) That’s not really all that important when you are Nasa in the sixties but seems quite a bit more relevant when you are SpaceX today.
- dflock 16y agoI think it's easier to hit the sea, and gives you more leeway for slightly heavier landings, intact, with a lighter capsule. It's obviously a trade off, I guess.