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Would the starship do the belly flop maneuver for passenger flights? That part would scare me the most.. playing chicken with the ground and hoping the engines
by bostonsre 6y ago
Would the starship do the belly flop maneuver for passenger flights? That part would scare me the most.. playing chicken with the ground and hoping the engines fire up well and you don't just pancake and explode.
- Cerium 6y agoI don't think the design has any other choice. I have heard that since it is large and it is a 90 degree turn it could be worked out so you go from falling back first to sitting upon landing. I think that an escape system would be fitted to the passenger capsule as in Falcon 9 [1] [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhrkdHshb3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhrkdHshb3E