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To: BenLurkin

Land it on land and be done with it. Weather at sea will always be a problem.


5 posted on 01/17/2016 4:32:42 PM PST by Captain7seas
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To: Captain7seas; amorphous
Land it on land and be done with it. Weather at sea will always be a problem.

In order to do that, the launch site needs to be up-range of the landing site. The previous, successful landing at the Cape required the first stage to decelerate, back up quite a distance then land. This takes a lot of extra fuel/weight.

Launches from the Cape are eastbound. Not much usable land downrange for an easy landing site.

SpaceX needs to launch from another site with empty land downrange about 60-100 miles or so.

21 posted on 01/17/2016 7:59:06 PM PST by BwanaNdege
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