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They originally designed Dragon 2 for propulsive landing, but NASA didn't approve it, and then development focus shifted to Starship. I don't think anyone (out
by p1mrx 6y ago
They originally designed Dragon 2 for propulsive landing, but NASA didn't approve it, and then development focus shifted to Starship. I don't think anyone (outside of SpaceX) knows whether the feature still exists for emergency use; perhaps they never finished the software.