Hard to not wonder about success of combining 2 least robust technologies. All t...

tantalor · on April 18, 2022

Wonder no more, this was proven to work over 60 years ago.

> As long ago as 1960, the U.S. Air Force snagged a returning capsule from a mission called Discoverer 14

bpodgursky · on April 18, 2022

That was a capsule; look at the size of this relative to the aircraft — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverer_14#/media/File:Fair...

A first-stage booster is order(s?) of magnitude larger.

thinkcontext · on April 18, 2022

They have tested catching a dropped mockup version multiple times.