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New Glenn GS1-SN002 has landed on the Jacklyn droneship (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 2 points 11 months ago*

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.

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