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SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High
Parachute and/or airbags are not necessarily lighter than fuel on a rocket as big as falcon. Parachutes don't scale linearly with the weight of the cargo. Plus they introduce an additional complexity and a point of failure.
simonh
on April 23, 2013
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On large heavy objects they also impose significant stress on it's structure.
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