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2024-10-14 Science & Technology

SpaceX makes history by ''catching'' Megarocket booster post-test flight

[GEO.TV] SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability.

The "super heavy booster" had blasted off attached to the Starship rocket minutes earlier, then made a picture-perfect controlled return to the same pad in Texas, where a pair of huge mechanical "chopsticks" reached out from the launch tower to bring the slowly descending booster to a halt, according to a livestream from Elon Musk's SpaceX company.

"Folks, this is a day for the engineering history books," a SpaceX spokesperson said in a voiceover on the company's livestream, after the booster was safely in the tower's grasp and company staffers had erupted in cheers.

Posted by Fred 2024-10-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

SpaceX has 13,000 employees and they're changing the world in front of our eyes.

NASA has 42,000 employees, that your tax money pays for, and all they've launched lately is a gay flag.
— ✪ Evil Te𝕏an ✪ (@vileTexan) October 13, 2024

Posted by badanov 2024-10-14 01:14|| 2024-10-14 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Somewhere, Robert Heinlein smiles.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-10-14 01:16|| 2024-10-14 01:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't I read that the payload sank when it tried to land?

Posted by Mercutio 2024-10-14 09:08|| 2024-10-14 09:08|| Front Page Top

#4 even a year ago I didn't think this was possible

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-10-14 09:47|| 2024-10-14 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Post

Oilfield Rando
@Oilfield_Rando
“Hey SpaceX, whatcha up to?”

“Oh just catching giant rockets out of the air with a FREAKING TOWER”

“Oh cool, how bout you, NASA?”

“We’re….studying how racist the air is….”
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RandoLand.us
@RandoLand_us
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NASA grant (2024)
Amount: $486,760
Recipient: The Johns Hopkins University
Purpose: Resolving intra-urban variability in heat and air quality from space and the ground: leveraging diverse observations to support environmental

Posted by Beavis 2024-10-14 13:11|| 2024-10-14 13:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Pretty impressive! How come you never read about stuff like this happening in Wakanda?

Posted by SteveS 2024-10-14 13:27|| 2024-10-14 13:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Going around the webs:
Space X:"We're shootin' off big ass rockets and snatching 'em out of the sky with these crazy metal chopsticks.
NASA: "We're looking into why air is racist."

Posted by Rex Mundi 2024-10-14 14:14|| 2024-10-14 14:14|| Front Page Top

#8 All right Beavis! Note to self - check comments.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2024-10-14 14:15|| 2024-10-14 14:15|| Front Page Top

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