SpaceX Ponders Hypersonic Decelerator For Second-stage Recovery
Credit: SpaceX
As SpaceX makes progress toward what it hopes will be the successful recovery of the spent payload fairings of its Falcon 9 rockets for reuse on future missions, the company is also studying the use of inflatable aerodynamic decelerators as part of more ambitious reuse plans for the vehicle’s upper...
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