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For me the more pressing question is would I want to be in the capsule that uses parachutes for landing or rocket engines. My unscientific guess that using para
by vl 15y ago
For me the more pressing question is would I want to be in the capsule that uses parachutes for landing or rocket engines. My unscientific guess that using parachutes for landing humans is safer - one engine failure of eight (?) engines and capsule is off-course and crew is gone.
- DanWaterworth 15y agoI suspect it would be designed so that the lose of one engine wouldn't cause it to crash, just like the lose of one parachute cord shouldn't cause other vehicles to crash.
- nknight 15y agoI'd also be surprised if they did anything to foreclose the use of a parachute. If NASA or somebody else wants to eat the weight of a parachute as a backup, I doubt SpaceX will say no.