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Re:SpaceX Launches 19th Rocket in a Year, a Company Record by robin_reala on Monday December 03, 2018 @03:48PM (#18592808)
They also have a built in parachute deployment mechanism which can safely get them down to sea level.
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Re:SpaceX Launches 19th Rocket in a Year, a Company Record by gpm on Monday December 03, 2018 @04:09PM (#18593039)
I don't think it's fair to count that as part of the 6M cost that you are "saving", if you just did the typical thing and threw them away you wouldn't need parachutes.
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