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AeroMechanicalsays...Remember in the 50's sci-fi movies it was always so stupid how their rockets took off and landed on end like this? I guess it wasn't so stupid.
zorsays...Is it supposed to return from orbit with enough fuel left to perform this maneuver? That would be a stretch.
Stormsingersays...A stretch? Not really. They're not planning to land the entire rocket that launched, only the second stage. Of course it'll cut into the operational payload, but at least some of that loss will be made up by the economy of landing at the same spaceport you'll be taking off from next flight.
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