The SpaceX engineers are incredible for being able to pull this off.
Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
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#22NSF video: https://x.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1845442658203734384
Truly incredible. A day for the history books.
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#23Nothing could have prepared me for how that catch looked. I was sure the rocket was careening into the tower at the last second before it straightened out. The control algorithms must be incredible for the landing system to work within those small tolerances.
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#24Uuuh the first stream on YouTube was Musk giving a speech, so I was waiting for the launch but turns out it was on another stream? So I just missed the whole thing, great.
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#25Video of the catch > Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! https://x.com/spacex/status/1845442658397049011
Naive question: I obviously expect there to be flames from the engines, but there were flames on the lower sides for quite a while after the catch – is that expected?
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#26Everyday Astronaut Stream: https://youtu.be/pIKI7y3DTXk
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#27That was craaaaaaaazy!
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#28Video of the catch > Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! https://x.com/spacex/status/1845442658397049011
Amazing achievement.
Re: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]
#29Uuuh the first stream on YouTube was Musk giving a speech, so I was waiting for the launch but turns out it was on another stream? So I just missed the whole thing, great.
They don't do lives on youtube, those are scammers. it is always on x.com
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#30Magnificent, it's hard to image what we'll be able to do once these do roundtrips daily. For those are not aware, that booster is 71 m (233 ft) tall!