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The weight of the landing legs is what made spacex go for the grab-tower
by codeulike 11mo ago
The weight of the landing legs is what made spacex go for the grab-tower
- ethbr1 11mo agoIf you have legs harpooned to the deck on touchdown, presumably you can use much shorter legs (and therefore lower mass), as you're no longer depending on their length to prevent toppling? Also, shifting compressive loads to tension ones