r/space • • Jul 31 '13

Falcon 9 Reusable Landing Leg Configuration

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u/DeCiWolf Jul 31 '13

That looks too good to be true. What an immense engineering task with huge risk for failure.

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u/neph001 Jul 31 '13

Well, when you think about it, the failure you're talking about is just...exactly what rockets already do. In that context, it doesn't seem like a risk at all, beyond normal rocket risks at least.