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SpaceX captured the fairings of the rocket using two ships with giant nets.

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  • SpaceX captured the fairings of the rocket using two ships with giant nets.

    They actually did it. The two ships Ms Tree and Ms Chief had two enormous nets meant to capture the fairings as they were coming down. The producting of the fairings costs 6 million dollars, so reusing them is anoither huge cost saving.


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    Here's an image of Ms Tree

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      Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
      They actually did it. The two ships Ms Tree and Ms Chief had two enormous nets meant to capture the fairings as they were coming down. The producting of the fairings costs 6 million dollars, so reusing them is anoither huge cost saving.

      I love it!
      The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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        Originally posted by Leonhard View Post
        Here's an image of Ms Tree

        That's what I call SIMPLE genius!
        The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          Apparently they've been trying to do this since day one, but its been really difficult. They had to add cold gas thrusters to the fairings to reorient them when they were coming down, so they could reenter the atmosphere like surfboards, and controlled parachutes, and it took a lot of time before before they finally managed to capture them with the ships.

          Here's a shot from an onboard camera on a fairing as it seperates.

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            You can really see the reentry heat plasma in this video.

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