Starship stacked on top of its booster - GIF

[schuylergrace]

[QUOTE=Frank S;205379]Do you mean like this one


Well, that's an actual one, but the rockets that really intrigued me were the ones on the covers of sci-fi books and in magazine stories about the future. The best ones always had gleaming, aerodynamic bodies and landed tail-down. And the astronauts would descend from doors up multiple stories off the surface of the moon or planet via stairs or a winch and cable. I never really thought landing that way was a good idea, so I was astounded the first time I saw one of Elon's boosters come back to earth. And his new Starship looks just like a picture of the future from my "Big Book of Space."

[Frank S]

[QUOTE=schuylergrace;205381]

Do you mean like this one


Well, that's an actual one, but the rockets that really intrigued me were the ones on the covers of sci-fi books and in magazine stories about the future. The best ones always had gleaming, aerodynamic bodies and landed tail-down. And the astronauts would descend from doors up multiple stories off the surface of the moon or planet via stairs or a winch and cable. I never really thought landing that way was a good idea, so I was astounded the first time I saw one of Elon's boosters come back to earth. And his new Starship looks just like a picture of the future from my "Big Book of Space."

I know what you mean I grew up on sci fi. Still feel that many of the Science fiction writers had a better view point of how the world could be better served, and if allowed to advance accordingly there would be a lot less strife and conflicts.