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Don't understand why they don't just use an inflatable parachute with a radio beacon antenna sticking out the top. Then they could just drive up anytime and fish it out of the water. Would immersion in salt water for a few hours damage a fairing?
There are a lot of electronics on these things and weight is ultimate factor.
This website is not trustworthy and doesn't respect GDPR as it redirects to https://guce.advertising.com/collectIdentifiers?sessionId Engadget, stop this nonsense and change the responsibilities of the team who decided to put this into production.
I seem to see this complaint on every Verizon-property article posted, but NPR and WaPo get excused?
I wonder is it just a UX difference?
Don't understand why they don't just use an inflatable parachute with a radio beacon antenna sticking out the top. Then they could just drive up anytime and fish it out of the water. Would immersion in salt water for a few hours damage a fairing?
Or grab them with a hook dangling from a C-130 like the film from old-timey spy satellites.
Don't understand why they don't just use an inflatable parachute with a radio beacon antenna sticking out the top. Then they could just drive up anytime and fish it out of the water. Would immersion in salt water for a few hours damage a fairing?
As far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong), SpaceX have only reused previously-wet farings on their own Starlink launches. They don't risk potentially damaged parts on external customers.
Don't understand why they don't just use an inflatable parachute with a radio beacon antenna sticking out the top. Then they could just drive up anytime and fish it out of the water. Would immersion in salt water for a few hours damage a fairing?
This website is not trustworthy and doesn't respect GDPR as it redirects to https://guce.advertising.com/collectIdentifiers?sessionId Engadget, stop this nonsense and change the responsibilities of the team who decided to put this into production.
While I fully agree with this sentiment generally, I wonder what people think of NPR and WaPo in comparison (both give much less choice than Engadget). I seem to see this complaint on every Verizon-property article posted, but NPR and WaPo get excused? I wonder is it just a UX difference?
there were a couple guys using acrobatic parachutes and some control code to fly high power model rockets back to the pad saving an hour walk. I wonder if SpaceX could use the same technique and fly the fairings to the ships.
Don't understand why they don't just use an inflatable parachute with a radio beacon antenna sticking out the top. Then they could just drive up anytime and fish it out of the water. Would immersion in salt water for a few hours damage a fairing?
Or grab them with a hook dangling from a C-130 like the film from old-timey spy satellites.
Don't understand why they don't just use an inflatable parachute with a radio beacon antenna sticking out the top. Then they could just drive up anytime and fish it out of the water. Would immersion in salt water for a few hours damage a fairing?
Or grab them with a hook dangling from a C-130 like the film from old-timey spy satellites.
The problem with this and a fairing is that if the fairing catches the open side, it's going to drag behind like a giant parachute and take the plane down. The fairing is huge (13m long x 5m diameter), even compared to a big plane.