From: jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com   
      
   In article , snidely.too@gmail.com   
   says...   
   >   
   > On Tuesday, Jeff Findley queried:   
   > > In article , snidely.too@gmail.com   
   > > says...   
   > >>   
   > >> Since the ewe toob channel is the only social media I'm following   
   > >> outside this group, any reports on fairing status?   
   > >   
   > > I believe I saw pictures on Twitter of broken fairings returning to   
   > > port.  You win some, you lose some.   
   >   
   > Thanks.  One of the reports of the mid-summer success suggested that it   
   > was too early to consider the technique issues settled.   
      
   From what I can tell, they still seem to be fishing them out of the   
   ocean more than catching them in the net.  Fishing them out of the ocean   
   seems to work fine when the ocean is very calm.  But since the fairings   
   are rather fragile (especially when they're not connected to each other   
   and to the 2nd stage), any rough seas seem to destroy them in short   
   order.   
      
   The US Navy had issues like this when they tried to develop the Sea   
   Dart.   
      
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart   
      
   The Sea Dart never finished development as advances in handling   
   supersonic aircraft off aircraft carriers were overcome.   
      
   Jeff   
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