In article ,
Richard Schumacher wrote:
if it's pouring down rain and shows no signs of stopping -- bearing in
mind that in Northern Europe, one major terminus for intercontinental
runs, this is far from rare :-) -- you have to be able to fly through it.

A vertical-takeoff vertical-landing rocket ought to be less susceptible to
weather than any airplane, true?

In principle, yes. Helicopter landing approaches have far lower weather
minima than fixed-wing landings. Much depends on details, though.
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