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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.)
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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 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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