To be fair, back then they almost certainly would have needed a human to pilot the rocket. The article I read painted the decision in a somewhat negative light, but given safety concerns, and the number of failures the modern reusables encountered during testing, I think it might have been the right decision for the time period.
To be fair, back then they almost certainly would have needed a human to pilot the rocket. The article I read painted the decision in a somewhat negative light, but given safety concerns, and the number of failures the modern reusables encountered during testing, I think it might have been the right decision for the time period.