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To speed up turnaround. Musk used to talk about a goal of having turnaround times including refueling and payload loadout be similar to those of passenger airc
by tuatoru 2y ago
To speed up turnaround. Musk used to talk about a goal of having turnaround times including refueling and payload loadout be similar to those of passenger aircraft - much less than a day, not the ~half a week of the Falcon 9.
- NoahKAndrews 2y agoAlso to save weight by not having landing legs
- moralestapia 2y agoWhat about the first trip to Mars? (I guess it's easier to land there bc. reduced gravity?)
- ionelaipatioaei 2y agoThe booster is not going to Mars, only the ship which will have legs for the landing. I also think they plan to catch the ship as well so there will be different versions.
- cubefox 2y agoNot just Mars, NASA plans to land an upper stage on the moon. I think it will need pretty large landing legs, because there is no flat surface on the moon. And gravity being lower while inertia is the same means that things topple over much more easily than on Earth.