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NASA has been recovering their rockets from ocean landings for some time. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbtulv0mnlU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbtu
by vinkelhake 12y ago
NASA has been recovering their rockets from ocean landings for some time.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbtulv0mnlU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbtulv0mnlU
- TeMPOraL 12y agoBut only after getting them totally messed up by salt water. Also, those were solid-fuel rockets, which are significantly simpler than liquid-fuel ones. There's probably a lot to learn from an undamaged liquid-fuel first stage that went to space.