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From what I remember, during the last landing, Elon announced that the Merlin engine can throttle down a lot farther than people though. (IIRC, it can go down t
by trothamel 12y ago
From what I remember, during the last landing, Elon announced that the Merlin engine can throttle down a lot farther than people though. (IIRC, it can go down to 30%, rather than the 70% figure bandied about in internet rumors.)
This means it's possible for the Falcon to do a constant velocity descent, rather than having to do a hoverslam.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoMerlin engines can throttle down to as low as 40%: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/462104679116050432 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/462104679116050432 http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/24j5dk/merlin_1d_can_throttle_down_to_40_elon_musk/ http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/24j5dk/merlin_1d_can...