To: blam
Wouldn’t the extra fuel necessary to land the rocket reduce its payload? Why not just use parachutes?
25 posted on
04/18/2014 8:19:26 PM PDT by
Flag_This
(Liberalism: Kills countries dead.)
To: Flag_This
The idea is to be able to land it on land and thereby reduce costs and turn-around time to launch again.
26 posted on
04/18/2014 8:26:20 PM PDT by
hoagy62
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