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If you parachute onto land, you're probably going to have a bad time. But better than no rockets and no parachutes. However, I expect they will usually pick a
by jccooper 12y ago
If you parachute onto land, you're probably going to have a bad time. But better than no rockets and no parachutes.
However, I expect they will usually pick a coastal landing site where the "no power" trajectory puts you in the water, but where the rockets and/or aero lift can put you on land. Unpowered capsules have a pretty good ability to adjust downrange just by changing attitude (look up the Soyuz "ballistic descent"); the powered Dragon 2 would have more options.