Well, the space shuttle's booster rockets were similarly reusable, don't see why this couldn't work in theory, except for the no parachutes trick. It's probably

Well, the space shuttle's booster rockets were similarly reusable, don't see why this couldn't work in theory, except for the no parachutes trick. It's probably to make the video more dramatic. I wonder what kind of maintenance cost those boosters had. They didn't have the same needs as the shuttle, it wasn't catastrophic if they broke on re-entry, but one did blow up during launch. It's probably important that the crew re-entry vehicle is small and so is easier to maintain than the shuttle was.