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Falcon 9 also lands using 3 engines on its most demanding missions. The throttling is definitely an advantage.



But as far as I know, one Merlin engine produces more thrust than the empty booster weighs which means they have to time things perfectly to get to zero velocity exactly at the ground.

Super heavy can hover and even go down by throttling down more. This gives them more control for the landing and don’t have to time it exactly perfectly




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