Re:SpaceX Successfully Soft-Landed Booster Rocket in the Atl...
by arjunnarayan on Friday April 25, 2014 @04:14PM
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Elon Musk explains it in this answer to Senator Shelby. The whole committe hearing is interesting, but your specific question is answered at 53:02 in the video, which I link here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_azyt1JhI0#t=3182