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Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight by mandeepj on Saturday March 09, 2019 @10:49AM (#19346678)
Falcon 9’s landing on land tech can’t be used in dragon?
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Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down After Historic Test Flight by avmich on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:23AM (#19346825)
No, it's not reliable enough. Energiya considered powered landing for Zarya capsule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarya_(spacecraft) and felt it wasn't safe to land this way.
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