To: amorphous; Moonman62
Why can't they use some of these ?
17 posted on
01/17/2016 5:54:36 PM PST by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: UCANSEE2
The difference is it would be more expensive. But considering that today’s landing would have been successful if the one leg had locked in place, then the expense would be unnecessary.
18 posted on
01/17/2016 6:23:37 PM PST by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: UCANSEE2
It’s a trade off. At some point, it’s cheaper to just build more first stages than it would be to put money into an expensive recovery system, along with having to limiting lift capacity from the need to save fuel for landing.
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