Please produce a quote that justifies this assumption. How about "It seems like they could replace the landing legs with a parachute ..."? Or "bringing the 1st

Please produce a quote that justifies this assumption. How about "It seems like they could replace the landing legs with a parachute ..."? Or "bringing the 1st stage nearly to a stop at some point mid-air should be way easier than landing it"? Rather than continuing to assert that there is absolutely nothing about your post that implies you know better, you really should drop the ego and dispassionately read your own posts from an outsider's perspective. Understanding how you come across to others will be helpful when formulating yourself in the future.