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Starship and superheavy are both going to 'land' on the ocean after the first launch. Basically they test the landing process but they don't need to risk one of
by sebzim4500 5y ago
Starship and superheavy are both going to 'land' on the ocean after the first launch. Basically they test the landing process but they don't need to risk one of their (surprisingly expensive) ships and they don't need to request regulatory approval to return to land.
- wefarrell 5y agoI knew they were doing that for the booster but thought they would attempt to actually land starship. It makes sense given such an ambitious schedule
- starlust2 5y agoThere's so many more things that can go wrong trying to land from orbit that it's not worth the risk trying to land anywhere near people regardless of how much time you have to engineer it.