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|    Anthony Frost to Alain Fournier    |
|    Re: Space catches its nose shrouds    |
|    26 Jul 20 11:27:13    |
   
   From: Vulch@vulch.org   
      
   In message    
    Alain Fournier wrote:   
      
    > On Jul/25/2020 at 19:37, JF Mezei wrote :   
      
    > > is there logic on the fairing to control parachutes to steeer to the   
    > > location of ship with the net?   
    > >   
    > > Or does the ship with the net have high speed capability to position   
    > > itself under the arriving fairing?   
    >   
    > My understanding is that it is the latter, the ships are high speed and   
    > go to where the fairing will fall.   
      
   It's both. The parachutes are derivatives of military systems that use   
   active steering to deliver a drop to a relatively small area, the ships   
   are fast and manoeuverable with multiple bow and stern thrusters to try   
   and get in the right spot in the relatively small area.   
      
    Anthony   
      
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