To: GeronL
I won’t try to explain the physics of it but it actually makes more sense to me to hang the rocket from its main propulsion source.
I look at it as hanging a baseball bat from the top as opposed to trying to balance it at the bottom. The rotors idea would follow that principle.
12 posted on
04/19/2015 3:22:27 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek
I've watched some videos from SpaceX, including the Dragon2 roll-out. In there he shows one of the capsule's RCS thrusters. They are very small - wouldn't take much space or weight to put them at the top of the booster. That would give the control system some much needed moment to stabilize the vehicle.
19 posted on
04/19/2015 4:11:51 PM PDT by
ThunderSleeps
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