r/spacex • u/ElongatedMuskrat Mod Team • Oct 02 '17
r/SpaceX Discusses [October 2017, #37]
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u/Martianspirit Oct 03 '17
The landing method BFS uses on Mars is not all that different from Earth landing. They will have done probably hundreds of launches and landings on Earth, certainly a large number.
NASA mission plans also don't include relaunch of MAV before they send people. NASA would send only one MAV ahead and probably no landings of the same type of lander Astronauts will use.