It's because there's not enough fuel to make it back to a landing pad. | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		connorshea on April 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Launch Livestream: CRS-8 Dragon Hosted Webc... It's because there's not enough fuel to make it back to a landing pad.

ceejayoz on April 8, 2016 | [–]

According to https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/4dtoly/rspacex_spac... this one did have enough fuel, but the next couple won't, so they wanted the practice.

ygra on April 8, 2016 | [–]

And they actually explained that in the video: https://youtu.be/7pUAydjne5M?t=23m37s

perseusprime11 on April 8, 2016 | [–]

Thanks guys.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact