Using giant balloon deceleration to recover the rocket sounds a bit ridiculous. As the Chief Executive Officer and chief designer of SpaceX, Musk, admits that this is a crazy idea, but thinks it can be tried.
Musk local time on Twitter said on Sunday that this idea sounds crazy, but SpaceX will try to use giant balloons to lower the speed of the superior rocket and then land it in an elastic place.
SpaceX’s current technology for the recovery and recycling of first-class rockets at Falcon 9 is already very mature. It has successfully carried out 23 first-level rocket recovery on land landing sites and unmanned ships at sea, and 11 successful operations. Re-launch of the recycling rocket.
Although many rockets were successfully recovered and reused, the recovery and reuse of rockets have so far been confined to the first-class rockets in the Falcon 9 rocket. The rockets in the rockets have not yet been recovered. And use it again.
At present, SpaceX’s first-stage rocket recovery uses the rocket-borne fuel to control the landing of a first-class rocket at a suitable landing speed, has certain requirements for the fuel carried by the rocket, and has a certain impact on the environment. Using giant balloons will not have these two concerns.
Through the recovery and reuse of first-class rockets, SpaceX succeeded in reducing the cost of launching rockets. However, if the rockets at a higher level than the first-class rockets can be recovered and reused, the cost of their space launches will be lower. .