Rocket Lab's second attempt to catch reusable booster with helicopter fails

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Rocket Lab's second attempt to catch reusable booster with helicopter fails

A Rocket Lab USA Inc. helicopter failed to catch a booster in midair as it returned from space over the Pacific Ocean.

The problem was related to a “telemetry loss” from the Electron rocket’s first stage during re-entry, the company said in a tweet.

[Bloomberg]

 

[now05ster]

An interesting way to catch a booster.

 

[heinrikur]

An interesting way to catch a booster.

Something like this I guess?

 

[BeerIsNotGood...]

An interesting way to catch a booster.

you mean retarded right?

 

[Fulcrum29]

Fascinating,

the above attempt succeeded, but was also aborted in good conditions. This retrieval mission is a secondary goal.