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Just an (uneducated) guess here, I don't believe capsules carry the necessary amount of fuel that it would take to accomplish this.
by dmlittle 1y ago
Just an (uneducated) guess here, I don't believe capsules carry the necessary amount of fuel that it would take to accomplish this.
- ceejayoz 1y agoThe 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/SuperDraco 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-landing/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/10/dragon-propulsive-la...