I think that unless they prove they can nail this every time, it'll be tricky to use a suicide burn for landing manned craft. Passengers may also object to the name of the maneuver.
I guess a manned starship is many landings after the first unmanned landing, at least in Earth.
My guess is, after about 20 successes in a row you start to have competent people that want to risk it and go to Mars. Being first at that carries huge prestige.
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I think that unless they prove they can nail this every time, it'll be tricky to use a suicide burn for landing manned craft. Passengers may also object to the name of the maneuver.
I guess a manned starship is many landings after the first unmanned landing, at least in Earth.
What number makes you comfortable? 100 flawless landings, 1000?
My guess is, after about 20 successes in a row you start to have competent people that want to risk it and go to Mars. Being first at that carries huge prestige.