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|    Snidely to All    |
|    Re: Starship landing gear    |
|    03 Nov 21 15:48:17    |
      From: snidely.too@gmail.com              On Wednesday, JF Mezei yelped out that:       > On 2021-11-03 06:45, Snidely wrote:       >       >> Refueling needs to be solved before legs for Mars or even the moon.       >       > What happens if the use the space in the skirt for refueling and once       > that is done , set, cast in concrete, they realise there is no space       > left for proper landing gear?              The concrete is the landing /field/.              And who says the legs have to be in the skirt?              [It looks like refueling has already moved outside the skirt, since the       Quick Disconnect doesn't reach in and goose Starship while it's stacked       on Super Heavy.]              /dps              --       "Inviting people to laugh with you while you are laughing at yourself       is a good thing to do, You may be a fool but you're the fool in       charge." -- Carl Reiner              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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