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   Message 105,433 of 106,651   
   Jeff Findley to All   
   Re: Super Heavy landing in arms   
   28 Jun 21 14:07:27   
   
   From: jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com   
      
   In article ,   
   jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca says...   
   >   
   > On 2021-06-28 02:01, Snidely wrote:   
   >   
   > > Acceleration relative to the tower should be very close to 0 at the   
   > > time of capture, so what G-force are you imagining besides the   
   > > no-longer-full weight of the Super Heavy?   
   >   
   > Falcon9 still has crush zone in landing gear because some landings are   
   > harder than others. Shouldn't one assume that some Super Heavy landings   
   > might not be perfectly smooth ?   
      
   Any necessary "cushioning" of a Super Heavy booster would be done by the   
   catching mechanism attached to the launch/landing tower.   
      
   Jeff   
      
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