Comment Re:If it's cheaper it's still good (Score 1) 438
before it and the payload reenter and burn up.
If it were in danger of burning up on reentry, don't you think it's even more at risk of burning up on ascent? It's moving fastest and through thickest atmosphere at launch, instead of accelerating with further stages at altitude. And that is the entire problem behind this Wile E. Coyote idea.