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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To: ThunderSleeps
More thrust at the top, less thrust at the bottom and maybe land it in a funnel so it settles into its lock down position if they miss by a few feet.
20 posted on
04/19/2015 4:21:09 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
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To: ThunderSleeps
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.
The rocket already has cold gas thrusters at the top of the stack. If you watch the video, they’re puffing like crazy.
22 posted on
04/19/2015 4:27:40 PM PDT by
chaosagent
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