Landing videos have been so much better the last couple times. Wonder if they've started using Starlink? :)

Nice catch!!!!


Wish we could have gotten video of that!

Space s a waste of money. Spend it on helping people on earth. So stupid.

The catching of the fairings, unless they can do something like add fins, drag (other than what it does naturally), chutes, or some kind of controlling thrust, seems like it's always going to be, at best, a game of chance

My understanding, and I haven't looked recently, is that the fairings have both thrusters and a steerable parafoil.

Ah, didn't realize that.

I don't want to be too thin skinned, but I banned this guy from the thread. All he ever does in here is post snide comments about the stupidity of it all.

Definitely steerable. Not sure on thrusters. Still, they've definitely got a ways to go before calling it reliable.

Do we know if the fairing they caught was the instrumented half or not?

Doesn't answer the question, but interesting nonetheless..

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0Ln-lApSqYM" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I'm guessing RCS thrusters for reentry maneuvering, and parafoil for "landing" control.

I'm not sure how much instrumentation is in them. Never thought about it.

I do remember that Starlink 1 (or 0.1?) flew with reused fairings from one of the FH flights. One was caught by Ms. Tree and the other hit the water but was still recovered and refurbished. The webcast said the missed fairing hit the water softly so I'm guessing both halves will be reused.

A manned mission is officially on the calendar!

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Working date for SpaceX&#39;s Demo-2 launch is May 7. Dragon is in good shape.<br><br>Launch date is fluid and mission may move into late April, or push later into May depending on a number of variables not hardware related. No final decision yet on duration.</p>&mdash; Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) <a href="https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1226912345571635200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

On a related note, Boeing isn't going to be flying humans any time soon.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020...an-we-thought/

Yeah, Boeing is ****ed. If they're lucky they'll get to refly their OFT and perform an IFA this year. The only reason they got to skip doing an IFA was because of they're "certified processes" and simulations. Add the last OFT failure and the parachute anomoly during launch pad abort (also a failure to adhere to processes) and I'm betting the upcoming NASA culture/process audit at Boeing recommends no human flight for a while.