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hurin on April 15, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Space X CR6 First stage landing

So you're saying the real cost-savings don't kick in until you're landing it back on the pad, hence salvage from sea is only important as far as perfecting the technology?

benihana on April 15, 2015 [–]

Yep. They're doing it at sea because they're in the late alpha stage of this reusable program.

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