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minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI wonder if they’ll go with for full Falcon 9 style suicide burn at some point.
minus-squarebear@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI assume that’s a method of using the minimum amount of thrust and time in the air? So, full blast at the last possible second?
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 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.
minus-squareBimfred@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoIf they do, it won’t be anytime soon. They have no pressing need to.
I wonder if they’ll go with for full Falcon 9 style suicide burn at some point.
I assume that’s a method of using the minimum amount of thrust and time in the air? So, full blast at the last possible second?
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.
If they do, it won’t be anytime soon. They have no pressing need to.