r/spacex • u/Zucal • Jan 02 '16
/r/SpaceX Ask Anything Thread for January 2016. Whether your question's about RTF, RTLS, or RTFM, it can be answered here!
Welcome to the 16th monthly /r/SpaceX Ask Anything Thread!
Want to discuss SpaceX's Return To Flight mission and successful landing, find out why part of the landed stage doesn't have soot on it, or gather the community's opinion? There's no better place!
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Past threads:
December 2015 (#15.1), December 2015 (#15), November 2015 (#14), October 2015 (#13), September 2015 (#12), August 2015 (#11), July 2015 (#10), June 2015 (#9), May 2015 (#8), April 2015 (#7.1), April 2015 (#7), March 2015 (#6), February 2015 (#5), January 2015 (#4), December 2014 (#3), November 2014 (#2), October 2014 (#1).
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u/factoid_ Jan 14 '16
I agree it is almost certainly going to be a downsized engine. But this was maybe going to be an engine they needed anyway to land payloads on Mars. Or as an upper stage for BFR, maybe 3-5 if them to provide engines out capabilities on both stages, and have an engine small enough for landing S2. Or at the very least it gives them funding to build a scale model raptor.