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please I really need a clear description of this as I am  not completely sure of it

I know it might take your time and I am really sorry for that also your appreciating the time and effort you will put onto this

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Clear description and/or sketch of product

A private space company wants to be the first to start mining in space. This could be the moon, asteroids or Mars. They need a robust (and ideally reusable) rocket for transporting equipment (and possibly people) to the mining base.

Answer 1

Some of the design points are:

1. The rocket should use Liquid Propulsion as it will make the rocket easier to be controlled and also make the rocket more reusable.

2. Using Liquid Propulsion system will reduce the number of thrusters required for controlling the vehicle. We could use gimbal controls at the nozzle of the rocket to maneuver the rocket.

3. We should use reliable components during the engineering of the rocket, to make sure the components can undergo stress and strain for many times repeatedly and can be readily used again and again.

4. We could use pyrotechnics and parachute based system to control the speed of the rocket when it is landing back.