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Thrust vectoring is the future, no matter what. But it's very cost prohibitive right now. It's more efficient to gimbal the entire engine and work on improving the efficiency curve of the propellant to thrust, before pursuing these exotic methods. That said, thrust vectoring research, development, and engineering will REALLY take off on Mars with it's thinner atmosphere and 2/3rds Earth gravity allowing for lighter materials coupled with a greater degree of vectoring in atmosphere.

I'm secretly hopeful for a Macross/Yukikaze future.

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