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Watch A Helicopter Catch A Rocket Returning From Space
https://www.iflscience.com ^
| 03 MAY 2022, 12:27
| Dr Alfredo Carpineti
Posted on 05/03/2022 11:54:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv
Ping!.........................
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posted on
05/03/2022 11:55:32 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Catching a booster under a big parachute with a helicopter? What could go wrong?
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posted on
05/03/2022 11:58:13 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:05:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: MtnClimber
It was captured from above. The parachute has a small drogue chute that is attached to the main chute with a wire. The helicopter grabbed the drogue chute cable.
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:06:09 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Red Badger
I’d be surprised if all these companies don’t cooperate, at least from time to time.
BTW, they should try landing it on a bouncy castle next.
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:07:01 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:07:36 PM PDT
by
Pollard
(Who stole my tagline?)
To: Red Badger
Once there, the pilot saw load characteristics that were different from the test and moved the rocket so that a successful splashdown could be performed. Was this what they intended to happen?
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:08:03 PM PDT
by
TChad
("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
To: Red Badger
Rocket Lab, comin’ back from space alone...
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:12:29 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: Pollard
Well, it’s not exactly...
Oh, wait...
🤔
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:13:21 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
To: Army Air Corps
Ok, that makes more sense. But it shows a basic distrust of Mother Erf to catch it at ground level. It could cause a public rejection of green energy doctrine.
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:28:10 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: TChad
Was this what they intended to happen? No. They intended for the helicopter to fly the booster to shore.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/rocket-lab-helicopter-catches-falling-rocket-booster-then-drops-it/ar-AAWSfLE?ocid=BingNewsSearch
Although the helicopter was meant to carry the rocket booster to shore, its pilots decided to drop it into the ocean, which they did upon noticing “different load characteristics” than those experienced during previous test flights, according to a Rocket Lab release. The pilots “did release it after hook up as they were not happy with the way [the helicopter] was flying,” Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck wrote on Twitter. “But no big deal, the rocket splashed down safely and the ship is loading it now,” he added.
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:30:05 PM PDT
by
TChad
("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
To: TChad
Mother Erf showed up to save the day.
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posted on
05/03/2022 12:33:50 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: Red Badger
How much more desirable to just have the rocket return to launch base and land itself unharmed, than the whole “ballet” and splashdown, etc. Sounds like something the Germans would do. I bet Elon had a good laugh if he read this story.
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posted on
05/03/2022 2:00:09 PM PDT
by
Tucker39
("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
To: Red Badger
Not that big a deal.
USAF was catching surveillance satellites in midair, in the 1960s. Snagged RVs descending from orbit, dangling from parachutes, with C-119 and C-130 aircraft. Possibly C-123 aircraft too.
Incidentally, it’s not unusual for helicopters to drop slung loads. The situation can get out of hand very quickly, if the load starts to swing.
To: Red Badger
Reminds me of this.
To: Red Badger
At a small fraction of the cost of Musk’s Rube Golberg self-landing rocket.
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