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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Unless you've got the center of mass of the rocket+payload perfectly dead center, you'll need to angle and offset thrust anyway, or you need to add ballast to center your mass.

There might be cargo configurations where assymetric boosters are actually MORE efficient, which is the really mindblowing thing.