US 12,473,070 B2
Vehicle stabilization system and/or method
Royce Fernandes, Kennedy Space Center, FL (US); John Zaniel Maccagnano, Kennedy Space Center, FL (US); Taber MacCallum, Kennedy Space Center, FL (US); Ryon Warren, Kennedy Space Center, FL (US); Daniel James Window, London (GB); and Rodger Farley, Kennedy Space Center, FL (US)
Assigned to Space Perspective Inc., Kennedy Space Center, FL (US)
Filed by Space Perspective Inc., Kennedy Space Center, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/990,369.
Application 18/990,369 is a continuation of application No. 18/409,435, filed on Jan. 10, 2024, granted, now 12,214,856.
Application 18/409,435 is a continuation of application No. 18/223,850, filed on Jul. 19, 2023, granted, now 11,904,998, issued on Feb. 20, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/422,851, filed on Nov. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/390,398, filed on Jul. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0153840 A1, May 15, 2025
Int. Cl. B64B 1/42 (2006.01)
CPC B64B 1/42 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water landing method for an aerospace vehicle, the method comprising:
descending with the aerospace vehicle, an axis of the aerospace vehicle aligned with a weight vector, the aerospace vehicle comprising a cabin with a cabin deck orthogonal to the axis;
contacting a surface of a body of water with a blunt nadir end of the aerospace vehicle along the axis;
decelerating the aerospace vehicle upon contact with the body of water; and
concurrently with decelerating the aerospace vehicle, flooding a fluid manifold between the blunt nadir end and a cabin with water from the body of water.