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While your statement is technically correct in isolation, you are ignoring the context: "the rocket will have a thrust to weight ratio of greater than what is n
by manicdee 12y ago
While your statement is technically correct in isolation, you are ignoring the context: "the rocket will have a thrust to weight ratio of greater than what is needed to hover and land safely as the Grasshopper demonstrated. Instead the F9R is limited to using the overpowered Merlin as a braking engine with the intent of reaching 0 soeed at 0 altitude with 0 lateral or rotational motion."
- justin66 12y agoYeah, it's easy to be a little too conversational sometimes in these comments, which leads to misunderstanding. In retrospect I get the feeling everyone understands the limitations of the hardware here.