>so cool
F&G
and if it's not
it's INCREDIBLY STOOPIT
the ship must take off carrying TWICE as much fuel, so it can do the "cool" retrorocket landing
thereby reducing the useable payload by an equal amount
and PAYLOAD is the WHOLE PURPOSE of a rocket launch, not "looking cool"
only makes sense in 1950s era B-movie scifi flix, NOT IN THE REAL WORLD