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Interesting that "...additional vehicle upgrades include a reusable fairing..."

I wonder how they'll be implementing that since SpaceX gave up on recapturing fairings (seemingly too soon, but only from the POV of someone with no internal info).



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_fairing_recovery_progra...

> SpaceX performs some amount of cleaning and refurbishing before using the previously flown fairings on a subsequent flight. SpaceX has reflown fairing halves more than 300 times, with one being reflown for 34 times.

They gave up on catching them in nets, because it turns out they're fine splashing directly into the water.


Thanks for the updated info!


They actually redesigned them to be able to handle the splash down.


They still recover the fairings. They gave up on trying to catch them out of the air and now just let them land in the water and pick them up.




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