Can't see what's wrong with a parachute myself
it's hardly rocket science
NASA parachutes
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 5 Dec 2018, 23:09,
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Incredibly high cost/time of refurbishment - especially if you don't want a sky-scraper sized missile over land.
Space Shuttle refurb took several months; Falcon's can be ready to fly again within 24 hours. Space Shuttle launches cost over $500 million each time (possibly well over a billion); Falcon 9 is about $60m (and falling).
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