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Re:SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High by JshWright on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @12:52PM (#5596282)
The Soyouz lands 'somewhere' in a fairly large target area. The recovery overhead is still non-trivial.

Something as big and 'light' as the F9 first stage will be slowed down tremendously by the atmosphere. No need to add all the extra complexity and weight of parachutes.

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