wow360dogescope t1_ixtbeie wrote on November 26, 2022 at 4:27 AM Reply to comment by The_camperdave in Orion snaps 'selfie' with the Moon as it prepares for distant retrograde orbit | Insertion burn scheduled to take place today then engineers have six days to see how spacecraft fares in deep space by chrisdh79 Did the other reason completely go over your head? The US Navy. I have another for you. Weight reduction. SpaceX opting for splashdown wasn't forced on them by NASA. Permalink Parent 3
wow360dogescope t1_ixtbeie wrote
Reply to comment by The_camperdave in Orion snaps 'selfie' with the Moon as it prepares for distant retrograde orbit | Insertion burn scheduled to take place today then engineers have six days to see how spacecraft fares in deep space by chrisdh79
Did the other reason completely go over your head? The US Navy.
I have another for you. Weight reduction.
SpaceX opting for splashdown wasn't forced on them by NASA.