SpaceX has improved the boat that will catch Falcon rocket nose cone shell. SpaceX made the catching net four times larger.
The nose cone shells are called payload fairings. Once outside the atmosphere the fairing is jettisoned which exposes the payload to space.
The SpaceX fairing separates into two halves. Fairings usually burned up in the atmosphere or were destroyed upon impacting the ocean. On March 30, 2017, SpaceX successfully retrieved a fairing intact for the first time in history. This was after the fairing was parachuted into the water. They want to parachute it and then catch it with the boat and the giant net.
Mr. Steven—now with more net. SpaceX’s fairing recovery vessel has been fitted with a 4x larger net ahead of its next recovery attempt targeted for later this month. https://t.co/cjXvzg1H70 pic.twitter.com/AdAwPP30OU
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 13, 2018
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Once this works, the next step is making the second stage reusable for having 100% reusable rockets with F9 and Falcon Heavy. Probably worth it, given F9 and FH are the current tested products and money makers for SpaceX. And the ones sooner to be certified for manned missions.
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Once this works the next step is making the second stage reusable for having 100{22800fc54956079738b58e74e4dcd846757aa319aad70fcf90c97a58f3119a12} reusable rockets with F9 and Falcon Heavy.Probably worth it given F9 and FH are the current tested products and money makers for SpaceX. And the ones sooner to be certified for manned missions.
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LOL, I guess it had something about size enlargement 🙂 I just hope they have an experienced mate who don’t forgot how wide the ship is and don’t run into stuff like the crane in the back
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LOL I guess it had something about size enlargement 🙂 I just hope they have an experienced mate who don’t forgot how wide the ship is and don’t run into stuff like the crane in the back
Yeah a salty sea bath after hot reentry and not to mention the impact damage to the structure.
Why can’t they just let it land in the water, fish it right out and rinse it. Is salt water THAT bad?
Yeah a salty sea bath after hot reentry and not to mention the impact damage to the structure.
Why can’t they just let it land in the water fish it right out and rinse it. Is salt water THAT bad?
Master Betty: “Hmmm, yes, a tiny net is a death sentence. It’s a net, and it’s tiny.” — Kung Pow: Enter the Fist 2002
Master Betty: Hmmm yes a tiny net is a death sentence. It’s a net” and it’s tiny.””– Kung Pow: Enter the Fist 2002″””
its not hot after the long decent but I guess the autistic tiles and probably the control system don’t like salt water much, also fairing has to be very clean so they don’t dirty optic in satellites. And as you say parachutes are designed for net capture not splashdown so they might take damage
its not hot after the long decent but I guess the autistic tiles and probably the control system don’t like salt water much also fairing has to be very clean so they don’t dirty optic in satellites. And as you say parachutes are designed for net capture not splashdown so they might take damage
Now tiles can get autism? Did they get too many vaccinations? 😀
Now tiles can get autism? Did they get too many vaccinations? 😀
Now tiles can get autism? Did they get too many vaccinations? 😀
its not hot after the long decent but I guess the autistic tiles and probably the control system don’t like salt water much, also fairing has to be very clean so they don’t dirty optic in satellites.
And as you say parachutes are designed for net capture not splashdown so they might take damage
Master Betty: “Hmmm, yes, a tiny net is a death sentence. It’s a net, and it’s tiny.”
— Kung Pow: Enter the Fist 2002
Yeah a salty sea bath after hot reentry and not to mention the impact damage to the structure.
Why can’t they just let it land in the water, fish it right out and rinse it. Is salt water THAT bad?
This commenting system’s spam filter is somewhat too eager. Probably the comment wasn’t deleted, but submitted for moderation. Except who knows when Brian will get around to moderating it, if ever. I’ve had the same happen to some of my comments.
LOL, I guess it had something about size enlargement 🙂
I just hope they have an experienced mate who don’t forgot how wide the ship is and don’t run into stuff like the crane in the back
Hm, why my perfectly on topic comment was marked as spam and erased?
Once this works, the next step is making the second stage reusable for having 100% reusable rockets with F9 and Falcon Heavy.
Probably worth it, given F9 and FH are the current tested products and money makers for SpaceX. And the ones sooner to be certified for manned missions.