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Wonder no more, this was proven to work over 60 years ago. > As long ago as 1960, the U.S. Air Force snagged a returning capsule from a mission called Discover
by tantalor 5y ago
Wonder no more, this was proven to work over 60 years ago.
> As long ago as 1960, the U.S. Air Force snagged a returning capsule from a mission called Discoverer 14
- bpodgursky 5y agoThat was a capsule; look at the size of this relative to the aircraft — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverer_14#/media/File:Fairchild_C-119J_Flying_Boxcar_recovers_CORONA_Capsule_1960_USAF_040314-O-9999R-001.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverer_14#/media/File:Fair... A first-stage booster is order(s?) of magnitude larger.
- thinkcontext 5y agoThey have tested catching a dropped mockup version multiple times.