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To: dr_lew

Well the main booster crashed in the sea...so 2 out of 3 ain’t bad!


3 posted on 03/08/2018 5:33:57 PM PST by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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To: gr8eman
Well the main booster crashed in the sea...so 2 out of 3 ain’t bad!

Didn't know that! But honestly, I remain skeptical of the economic utility of booster recovery.

It seems to me that everything works against it. Here it is boosting away, when ... oops! gotta stop so I can land.

So, obviously, you've got to have a much bigger self landing booster to provide the same utility as an expendable booster, so it seems to me that all the factors tilt in favor of the expendable booster. All the factors, that is, except the visuals.

8 posted on 03/08/2018 6:05:52 PM PST by dr_lew
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