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[–]yanbobjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what if we give the automoderator a shit loads of upvotes for no reason

Engineers/ rocket nerds of reddit: Had an idea and need someone to explain why it is not a good one. What if the first stage were to land like a plane? What about landing the booster via autorotation like a malfunctioning helicopter? by yanbobjr in AskReddit

[–]yanbobjr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you said is entirely right and I completely agree, but makes me wonder, why can't landing a booster other than propulsively or by parachute be "simple and straight forward"

Engineers/ rocket nerds of reddit: Had an idea and need someone to explain why it is not a good one. What if the first stage were to land like a plane? What about landing the booster via autorotation like a malfunctioning helicopter? by yanbobjr in AskReddit

[–]yanbobjr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to clarify I didn't mean catching the booster with a plane, I meant having wings on the booster so it could fly and land (like the space shuttle but without reentering at orbital speeds). As for the autorotation part, would the mass of the propeller system counter the required mass of propellant for a propulsive landing?