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Old 01-30-2021, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-s...-idUSKBN29Z06R

When they screw up, they go big. Here's the video of the "landing"... vertical rate is obviously way too high, especially once you consider how big that thing is and the scale you're looking at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qraeGw0kn7o

Actually I approve of Musk's philosophy... he's not afraid of, and in fact expects, fireworks during development. Ultimately an aggressive approach gets you there faster than the risk-averse, bureaucrat-driven approach of NASA (and probably some big primes).
Let's see if they mimic that strategy when lives are at stake.
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