Launching rockets costs huge amount of resources. Modern technology already allows us to recycle launched rockets to save resources.
Rockets should have level 3 to enable recycling. After the rocket falls down to the ground, special building and vehicle can extract some meterials from it.
Recycling rockets
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Space & Rocketry
Better yet, build chopsticks on the launcher and catch it just like Elon Musk does.
As the current rocket is already Falcon 9-like: Add landing zones, a machines that folds up the landing legs, and a machine that combines the recovered 1st stage with a new 2nd stage.
Perhaps capturing an asteroid and landing it at a designated landing site already constitutes a form of rocket recovery.
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