Joe Strout wrote:
In article ,
(Allen Thomson) wrote:

Joe Strout wrote

I could be wrong in this, but my understanding is that the last two
flights (at least) have been with a full propellant load. The flights
are short because they're intended to be -- they're expanding the
envelope gradually -- not because they run out of fuel.

So did they carry ballast, or fly an energy-wasting profile?

No, they shut the motor off when they'd fired it as long as the flight
plan called for.
So they'r happy landing loaded?