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Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight by rhcom2 on Friday March 08, 2019 @06:58PM (#19343415)
IIRC they were concerned about having retractable legs beneath the heat shield so in terms of complexity the water landing is safer.
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Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight by valuearb on Sunday March 10, 2019 @01:08AM (#19350635)
No, that’s not it. The Shuttle had them and the engineering is easy. NASA was wary of the safety of propulsive landings and the time/cost to approve them would have been too much.
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