[planteen]

Yeah for cargo I agree. I was thinking more along the lines for human rating.

Propulsive landing helps for some failure modes but not all. Like I don't think it would have helped the CRS-7 failure had that been manned.

[hLHEDuYtSh]

It actually would have helped on CRS-7 -- That capsule was fine until it hit the water.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/07/saving-spaceship-dra...