SpaceX achieves controlled landing of Falcon 9 first stage
SpaceX says it made two key strides toward the eventual reusability of the Falcon 9 rocket this week with the controlled splashdown of the rocket’s first stage in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday and the successful first flight of a booster prototype from the company’s Central Texas test facility.
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seems a waste of time because you are really only shifting a heap of weight to a height and then using it later on to land, parachutes are good enough. if you want reusability then put wings and wheels on it.
wookiemeister said:
seems a waste of time because you are really only shifting a heap of weight to a height and then using it later on to land, parachutes are good enough. if you want reusability then put wings and wheels on it.
yes, wings and wheels gives you re-useability
and rockets and legs gives you re-useability
maybe in the future, wings and wheels might come back again
but rockets taking off and landing is fun! and a challenge!
watch this space
pun there
CrazyNeutrino said:
wookiemeister said:
seems a waste of time because you are really only shifting a heap of weight to a height and then using it later on to land, parachutes are good enough. if you want reusability then put wings and wheels on it.yes, wings and wheels gives you re-useability
and rockets and legs gives you re-useability
maybe in the future, wings and wheels might come back again
but rockets taking off and landing is fun! and a challenge!
watch this space
pun there
if the yanks decided to just give the british the money to build this craft into completion they might just have a chance of manned flight
CrazyNeutrino said:
wookiemeister said:
seems a waste of time because you are really only shifting a heap of weight to a height and then using it later on to land, parachutes are good enough. if you want reusability then put wings and wheels on it.yes, wings and wheels gives you re-useability
and rockets and legs gives you re-useability
maybe in the future, wings and wheels might come back again
but rockets taking off and landing is fun! and a challenge!
watch this space
pun there
if the yanks decided to just give the british the money to build this craft into completion they might just have a chance of manned flight