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   On 2020-07-26 2:51 AM, Niklas Holsti wrote:   
   [snip]   
   > Or the final approach and catch could be secured by using a drone to   
   > carry a towing wire from the ship to the fairing, when the fairing is   
   > say 100 m up, and then using the wire to slowly pull the fairing down   
   > and into the net.   
   >   
      
   That's an interesting approach. Could be interesting to see if SpaceX   
   does a follow-on plan to do that. Mid-air capture was a way to recover   
   film cartridges ejected and de-orbited from spy sats back in the 60s.   
      
   Dave   
      
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