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Spezi@feddit.org 3 weeks agoBut 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.
Comment on Wake up sheeple
Spezi@feddit.org 3 weeks agoBut 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.