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Gravityloss on June 19, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly

I guess one issue with that is that the second stage will land far from the launch site. In theory if it has sea level engines for landing, it could fly back though (after refueling).

m4rtink on June 19, 2025 [–]

Starship has 3 sea level engines for landing + 3 vacuum optimized engines.

Gravityloss on June 19, 2025 | [–]

Yes. My "if" could have been a "since it probably".

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