Do it like the Russians do and fire thrusters just before touchdown.
Eric Kuhnke wrote:
Parachutes large enough to slow the speed down sufficiently, and
landing legs robust enough to handle a 2 meter/second landing would
probably be heavier and cause more drag than keeping some residual
fuel for the powered landing.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 6:46 PM, Jay Weekley
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Seems like that's a waste of fuel when you can use parachutes.
On December 21, 2015 8:11:18 PM CST, Chuck McCown <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Pretty cool. Launched, delivered goods to orbit. Landed
first stage vertically back at the launch site.
First time ever for that complete chain of events.
Too bad it was a night launch. The landing video is not very
good.
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