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Also to save weight by not having landing legs

• moralestapia 2y ago
  What about the first trip to Mars? (I guess it's easier to land there bc. reduced gravity?)
  • ionelaipatioaei 2y ago
    The 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 ago
    Not 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.