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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to SpaceflightMemes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months ago

SpaceX announce ambitious new plan to recover ejected R-vac nozzles!

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SpaceX announce ambitious new plan to recover ejected R-vac nozzles!

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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to SpaceflightMemes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months ago
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  • MTK@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    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.

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      6 months ago

      it’s a paraglider, not a parachute

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

      • MTK@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Well I stand corrected

  • jia_tan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    S.M.A.R.T. Engine reusability!

    Or whatever the hell ula calls it

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      Yep. “Sensible Modular Autonomous Return Technology”

  • licheas@sh.itjust.works
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    why… did they run out for some reason?

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

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