"Starship is designed to achieve reflight of its rocket booster ultimately within an hour after liftoff. The booster returns within ~5 minutes, so the remaining time is reloading propellant and placing a ship on top of the booster."
Wow?
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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
Yep... Absolutely incredible achievement but I have a question (wearing flame suit now).
Why?
Why complicate things and ad the extra risk?
- Is there a real benefit to catching a rocket like this as opposed to landing it as before?
To be clear I certainly appreciate the precision and difficulty!
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