Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · Jun 26, 2019
I always thought a large fairing like the 5m fairing on the Atlas V that connects to the first stage would be cool on the Falcon 9 and just opened up and let the upper stage out, then closed back up and landed with the first stage.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
That was our design approach in early days, but fairing mass is much higher & stability of booster in ground winds is low
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