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> I'm not sure how critical "catching" the booster is to reusability Not necessarily for reusability, but it helps significantly for rapid reusability: it elim
by Denvercoder9 2y ago
> I'm not sure how critical "catching" the booster is to reusability
Not necessarily for reusability, but it helps significantly for rapid reusability: it eliminates the need to transport the booster from the landing site to the launch site. Given that it's 9m x 70m and weighs 270 tonnes, that's not an easy process.