http://www.thebendmag.com/2019/04/25/196348/billy-pugh-s-astronaut-rescue-net
By: Jillian Becquet Photo Courtesy of: Corpus Christi Public Libraries
After tragedy struck during one of these transfers, Pugh shared his invention of a cone-shaped net with a metal ring for standing, which would allow for safe personnel transfers. He founded the Billy Pugh Company to produce them in Corpus Christi, and their use boomed in the oil and gas industry, drawing national attention.
At the height of the Space Race, America put enormous resources into exploration and putting a man on the moon. But they didn’t just want to get the astronauts there; they had to get them back to Earth safely. Once the Apollo capsules were bobbing in the ocean, NASA needed a product that could assist the Navy with hoisting astronauts easily into a helicopter. NASA approached Billy Pugh in the early 1960s to design a water recovery system for the astronauts, and the X-872 Helicopter Rescue net was born.
Called simply a Billy Pugh net in news media, these yellow nets are clearly visible in Apollo rescue footage as astronauts are hoisted into Navy helicopters. Rescue nets from the Apollo missions are currently in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, and on display at the Corpus Christi Museum.
Today, SpaceX : 
Composite Fairing 13.1m (43 ft) height, 5.2m (17.1 ft) diameter, is cough by something similar. The fairing is apart of the Falcon 9.
FALCON 9
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. Falcon 9 is the first orbital class rocket capable of reflight. SpaceX believes rocket reusability is the key breakthrough needed to reduce the cost of access to space and enable people to live on other planets.
Falcon 9 was designed from the ground up for maximum reliability. Falcon 9’s simple two-stage configuration minimizes the number of separation events — and with nine first-stage engines, it can safely complete its mission even in the event of an engine shutdown.
Falcon 9 made history in 2012 when it delivered Dragon into the correct orbit for rendezvous with the International Space Station, making SpaceX the first commercial company ever to visit the station. Since then Falcon 9 has made numerous trips to space, delivering satellites to orbit as well as delivering and returning cargo from the space station for NASA. Falcon 9, along with the Dragon spacecraft, was designed from the outset to deliver humans into space and under an agreement with NASA, SpaceX is actively working toward this goal.
The fairing half that was used on the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Amos-17 mission was caught by SpaceX’s Ms. Tree ship on Aug. 6, 2019. — See the fairing separation in Space: https://www.space.com/spacex-launches… Credit: Elon Musk/SpaceX
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