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On 12/04/2019 at 00:21, welshbairn said:

They've been trying to catch the fairings, which cover the top of the rocket and cargo till it gets into space, on a ship with a huge net, but haven't managed yet. They might have given up on that. Next step is a huge thing where everything but the cargo comes back to Earth, a while to go on that though.

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They have not caught them but are reusing them. 

https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/04/12/spacex-retrieves-falcon-heavy-fairings-from-sea-for-reuse-on-future-launch/

 

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First Man is worth a watch for space fans imo. Quite a lot of details about the complexities of landing on the moon, outside the lengthy stuff about Neil Armstrong's private life, which I thought was handled well. Half price on Amazon at the moment for £1.99 HD iirc. Spacex trying for a supply mission to the Space Station this morning at 7.48.

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29 minutes ago, Oleksandr said:

That cant be true

Mercury's Diameter - 4,879 km
Venus's Diameter - 12,104 km
Mars's Diameter - 6,779 km
Jupiter's Diameter - 139,820 km
Saturn's Diameter - 116,460 km
Uranus's Diameter - 50,724 km
Neptune's Diameter - 49,244 km
Pluto's Diameter - 2,377 km

Total diameter - 382,387‬ km

Average distance between the Earth and the Moon - 384,400 km

When the moon is at it's closest ( 363,104  km), they don't quite fit.

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