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Spezi@feddit.org 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
And extra weight I imagine, making it more expensive to launch.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 months 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.