Elon Musk tweets stunning video of ship catching Falcon 9 rocket fairings

SpaceX founder, Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk shared a video on Twitter of the Falcon 9 rocket’s fairings being caught by a ship, which has left Twitter users awestruck.

Once the fairings are ejected in two pieces, thrusters guide them back to earth and precise landing zone. At a lower altitude, a parachute is deployed to slow down the fairings. A large and fast boat with a huge net then catches the falling fairings, explains, Wired.

The video of the catch has garnered over 4 million views. Several users even questioned if the video was computer-generated or was captured in real life.

Twitter user @ReppatrickRam12, tweeted, “Perfect Landing” in response to the rocket’s fairings being caught.

Another user @EITerrorizta, said, “Wait how did yall calculate so well where in the middle of the ocean it would land ?? Plus parachute glide time + plus boat speed”

Twitter user @Stelvio70918358, asked why the fairing is being caught and if it was cost effective