Originally Posted by
ORAC
They’ve just notched up 300 Falcon 9 landings on the crosshairs using the same landing technology. The arms are adaptable enough to accept the demonstrated pad landing variance.
The only things necessary to prove were the scaled up ability of the booster to burn back and relight engines in the same way as the Falcon, and they’ve just shown they can do that.
Accepting, perhaps, another water landing might be prudent, I can’t see where the “orders of magnitude harder” comes into play.
I'm inclined to agree.
Another water landing to prove it wasn't a fluke and to gather more data is in order. Also, risking damage to the only launch facility they have is silly. Better to wait until the second tower is up and running.