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Ace Viper

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    elonmuskGoing to try to catch the giant fairing (nosecone) of Falcon 9 as it falls back from space at about eight times the speed of sound. It has onboard thrusters and a guidance system to bring it through the atmosphere intact, then releases a parafoil and our ship, named Mr. Steven, with basically a giant catcher’s mitt welded on, tries to catch it.
     

    WhyNot1

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    බලන උන් කියපල්ලා ඕක උඩ ගියාද, ඇන්ජින් කෑලිතුන බෑවද කියලා.
     

    hancok

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    පිළි-ඇඳි-දොළ
    elonmuskGoing to try to catch the giant fairing (nosecone) of Falcon 9 as it falls back from space at about eight times the speed of sound. It has onboard thrusters and a guidance system to bring it through the atmosphere intact, then releases a parafoil and our ship, named Mr. Steven, with basically a giant catcher’s mitt welded on, tries to catch it.

    recovers fairings. lets stage 1 fall to the ocean:baffled:
     

    Ace Viper

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    recovers fairings. lets stage 1 fall to the ocean:baffled:

    first stage was a block 3 one ... there are planing to go for block 4 and 5 ones before the end of the year .. already recovered many first stages now ... no value of piling up block 3 first stages any more ..

    fairing in the other hand can be reused in a block 4 or 5 if they can recover still worth some millions if i'm correct ..
    but it's is just a try i guess .. they trying to catch it with a giant net in a boat :eek:
     

    hancok

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    පිළි-ඇඳි-දොළ
    first stage was a block 3 one ... there are planing to go for block 4 and 5 ones before the end of the year .. already recovered many first stages now ... no value of piling up block 3 first stages any more ..

    fairing in the other hand can be reused in a block 4 or 5 if they can recover still worth some millions if i'm correct ..
    but it's is just a try i guess .. they trying to catch it with a giant net in a boat :eek:

    araganada :baffled:
     

    Ace Viper

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    බලන උන් කියපල්ලා ඕක උඩ ගියාද, ඇන්ජින් කෑලිතුන බෑවද කියලා.

    මේක falcon 9 එකක් rocket 1යි තියෙනේ .. එකත් recover කරන්නේ නෑ