How so? Would you have to "land" by going back down the barrel of the launch device?
That'd be quite a trick if you could pull it off - the precision required seems formidable, though.
Like trying to land a rocket upright back on its launchpad. Lunacy.
The rocket gets to 'fly' in, taking advantage of the atmosphere for control and braking. Not that it's not a bonkers achievement but the speeds are much higher and the tolerances much lower to slot an orbiting payload back into a linear rail.
Magnetic Lander might be a decent smartphone game...
How is that that much different than landing on an aircraft carrier?
Should be easier if we can assume that the vehicle is powered because the landing stage is not moving.
It's occuring at orbital velocity in a vacuum.
Would the vacuum piece make it much easier than landing on a carrier