To: MtnClimber; SunkenCiv
Ping!.........................
2 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
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.
6 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
7 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?
8 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...
9 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: 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.
14 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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