That makes a lot of sense. The center core had to ignite for liftoff, then either scale back or stop entirely during the main lift phase, then re-ignite when the side boosters detached, then reignite for the boostback, entry AND landing burns. That's a lot of re-ignition!
I hope they post a very high quality video of that booster having its unplanned disassembly. May not be great for PR, etc, but it sure would be entertaining.
I hope they post a very high quality video of that booster having its unplanned disassembly. May not be great for PR, etc, but it sure would be entertaining.