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Old July 26th 20, 11:27 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Anthony Frost
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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