There are a few problems, but mainly, it just doesn&#x27;t meet the requirements for rapid reuse. The goal is to reach the aviation operations model. Land it, inspect it, load it, gas it, go. A turn around measured in hours, not days or weeks. Fishing rockets out of the ocean 200 miles off the coast could never be rapid.<p>Then there is the technical problem, we&#x27;re talking about 14tons falling from space at speeds up to 5000mph. Desiging a parachute for that job is anything but simple.<p>Lastly, it just doesn&#x27;t scale. Consider that they are designing a rocket for moving huge payloads to Mars. This landing method should scale up to a Saturn V class booster just fine, parachutes just keep getting harder as the weight goes up.