SpaceX successfully catches both fairing for the first time
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#2This 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.
Re: SpaceX successfully catches both fairing for the first time
#3This 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.
Probably that decision was a c-level one, overruling at least the objection of the developers.
Re: SpaceX successfully catches both fairing for the first time
#4This 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'm not sure why you were downvoted, I hate sites where the only option to "do you want to be tracked?" is "yes" too.
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#6This article just links to https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1285338582849208320 and adds a bit more context, if you don't want to blindly accept the Verizon GDPR wall.
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#7page is just blank for me...
Re: SpaceX successfully catches both fairing for the first time
#8Don'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?
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#9Don'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?
> Would immersion in salt water for a few hours damage a fairing?
Yes.
They haven't been very public about how much refurbishment is required for fairings that they fish out of the ocean, but they've managed to use them on Starlink launches.
Re: SpaceX successfully catches both fairing for the first time
#10Don'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.