From: jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com   
      
   In article <70qII.20829$Yv3.4294@fx41.iad>,   
   jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca says...   
   >   
   > On 2021-07-16 19:06, Snidely wrote:   
   >   
   > > Starship does not have externally mounted naked thrusters.   
   > >   
   > > The externally mounted naked thrusters seen in some pictures have been   
   > > mounted on booster segments.   
   >   
   > Thanks. Was a bit confused. Was under the impression that the bosster   
   > needs thrusters a lot less since it uses tha grid fins for most of work,   
   > and it has a short duration trip. (falcon 9 uses simple N2).   
      
   Grid fins don't work as the vertical velocity approaches zero.   
      
   > Do we know whether the current "swivel down, lock"  mechanism is final   
   > and theyKs just improve it, or is the future fuzzy enough that we might   
   > still get legs that are much more elaborate and perhaps spread out to   
   > wider footprint than Starship fuselage?   
      
   We don't know if the current swing out legs are the final design for   
   Starship.   
      
      
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