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SpaceX announce ambitious new plan to recover ejected R-vac nozzles! (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This picture is killing me. So many wrong things, but the thing that is just the funniest is that it's a paraglider, not a parachute. Fucking hilarious, that thing would fucking fly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

it’s a paraglider, not a parachute

I mean, if it (kind of) worked for the fairings, why not the nozzles?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well I stand corrected

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

S.M.A.R.T. Engine reusability!

Or whatever the hell ula calls it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yep. "Sensible Modular Autonomous Return Technology"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

why... did they run out for some reason?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No, but at least one nozzle was ejected on Starship Flight 8. They aren't supposed to detatch.