[justin66]

> which is now probably off the table for good, but that was the idea

Oh, that's interesting. What makes you say so?

[mikeash]

Apparently I'm remembering an official statement!

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/07/19/propulsive-landings-ni...

The reason seems to be a combination of NASA not being interested in propulsive landing (and they're funding most of Dragon 2) and deciding to go all-out on BFR instead of refining Dragon 2 further.

[justin66]

Thanks for sharing, that is news to me! I need to review their inventory at some point when I have a few minutes...