threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agoNew Glenn GS1-SN002 has landed on the Jacklyn droneshipsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11
arrow-up139arrow-down1imageNew Glenn GS1-SN002 has landed on the Jacklyn droneshipsh.itjust.worksthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYup. Falcon 9’s Merlin engines have too high of a thrust to weight ratio to hover, so they have to do a last second burn. If it doesn’t work, boom. It does also save fuel.
Yup. Falcon 9’s Merlin engines have too high of a thrust to weight ratio to hover, so they have to do a last second burn. If it doesn’t work, boom.
It does also save fuel.