Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Mar 10, 2021
Starship’s belly flop terminal velocity is already only like 75 m/s... what if... remove the 30 tones of landing prop, add 10 more tones of flaps, get that down to like 50 m/s and just use the world’s largest and most ridiculous net? 😂🤷♂️
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Yeah, we talked about that internally. Could just have it land on a big net or bouncy castle. Lacks dignity, but would work. But, optimized landing propellant is only ~5% of dry mass, so it’s not a gamechanger.
03:23 AM · March 10, 2021 · 0 views
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