top | item 43586869 (no title) dmlittle | 11 months ago Just an (uneducated) guess here, I don't believe capsules carry the necessary amount of fuel that it would take to accomplish this. discuss order hn newest ceejayoz|11 months ago The manned capsules, at least, have a launch abort system that was probably originally intended to evolve into landing-capable engines. They even released renders of it years ago.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperDracoIn fact, they can currently be used for propulsive landing… if the parachutes fail. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/dragon-propulsive-la...
ceejayoz|11 months ago The manned capsules, at least, have a launch abort system that was probably originally intended to evolve into landing-capable engines. They even released renders of it years ago.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperDracoIn fact, they can currently be used for propulsive landing… if the parachutes fail. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/dragon-propulsive-la...
ceejayoz|11 months ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperDraco
In fact, they can currently be used for propulsive landing… if the parachutes fail. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/dragon-propulsive-la...