Comment on Wake up sheeple
1dalm@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Several capsules are designed to effectively and safely land on land.
Comment on Wake up sheeple
1dalm@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Several capsules are designed to effectively and safely land on land.
quips@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Including the soyuz which to this day routinely lands on land
Spezi@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
But the landing needs active thrusters to soften the blow. This introduces more complexity and also adds more danger as there needs to be extra fuel on board.
j5y7@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
And extra weight I imagine, making it more expensive to launch.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Correct. It’s not that they can’t, they save tens of millions by landing in the water on fuel alone. Not only to land but to leave. The extra fuel increases the weight which increases the overall fuel cost on launch.
rumba@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
And the space shuttle which did it for decades