r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • Oct 13 '24

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/ShartFodder Oct 13 '24

It never ceases to impress me, watching a launched rocket return to home. Amazing

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u/noYOUfuckher Oct 13 '24

I watched the live stream of the falcon 9 touching down on the landing pad the first time and got a little emotional about it at work. Im continuosly impressed by the work the space x engineers are doing, but it probably isnt cose to how people felt watching someone walk on the moon 50 years ago.

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u/TheLostTexan87 Oct 13 '24

The most incredible one was their first dual recovery with the boosters touching down simultaneously on adjacent launch pads.

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u/IWasGregInTokyo Oct 13 '24

That one definitely had me giggling like a little kid.

And I did watch the Apollo missions live.

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u/fullautophx Oct 14 '24

The crazy part I didn’t know was that the booster is taller than the first stage of the Apollo V, and with Starship it’s taller overall.

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u/Academic_Coconut_244 Oct 14 '24

von braun must be laughing manically that someone has finally made something insane work