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Re:SpaceX Soft Lands Falcon 9 Rocket First Stage by Crito on Tuesday July 22, 2014 @05:07PM (#8071559)
It all factors in. SpaceX has performed grasshopper tests on windy days that would be a problem for a parachute landing. There is also the issue that parachutes sufficient to slow down the stage to a soft land-landing would be far too heavy.

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