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Comment by GenerocUsername | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]GenerocUsername · 2026-11-14 Sat 21:34 UTC · link
Those numbers don't make sense.

It doesn't take the same amount of fuel to land as it does to lift.

Speaking as a Kerbal Space program playing, internet commentor, It's probably <1% of the fuel to briefly counteract terminal velocity as it is to lift off and reach space.