Elon Musk
@elonmusk · Aug 2, 2020
All correct. Parachutes were originally the backup landing system, with SuperDraco thrusters as primary. Difficulty of proving thruster landing safety *and* architecture being suboptimal for moon/Mars caused us to change focus to parachutes.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
However, we did prove that a SuperDraco landing could work by doing a propulsive hover
05:43 AM · August 2, 2020 · 0 views
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