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So what was the purpose of this experiment? Will SpaceX now attempt to recover boosters from flights to more extreme orbits?

• rplnt 9y ago
  They did the landing burn with three engines instead of usual one. It's more fuel efficient (shorter), which allows for either higher orbits or bigger payloads. I think it did it over water because they were afraid it would damage the barge.
  • apearson 9y ago
    I believe the barge is also tied up with the falcon heavy launch next week.
    • njarboe 9y ago
      I think this is more likely the main reason for the water landing. They have done a least one short three engine burn before using the drone ship.