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For launches over land, how about landing in a lake instead of the ocean? It'd be easier to find, and salt water is corrosive.
by nealabq 13y ago
For launches over land, how about landing in a lake instead of the ocean? It'd be easier to find, and salt water is corrosive.
- jessriedel 13y agoIf you're confident enough that you can safely bring the rocket back over land to a target location like a lake, you might as well land it on the ground. The reason these stages land in the ocean is because it's a big safe place to drop a piece of metal you don't have control of.
- mikeash 13y agoI doubt they care about corrosion. None of the water-landed first stages will actually be reused.