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Why SpaceX Plans To Jettison The Interstage On Flight 4 (www.youtube.com)
submitted 7 months ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spacex
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TL;DW: Zack posits that the additional mass of the hot stage ring pushes the total mass of the booster close to (or over) the limit of what the booster can land with, based on the amount of propellant which can be stored in the current design of the landing tanks.

The video is much more detailed, and definitely worth a watch!

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Update: it worked, and the views were great