SpaceX Catches 500 tonnes moving at 3x the speed of sound

[@mustang607]

Mankind wants to thank the many skilled SpaceX engineers and the rest of the team involved for this exciting and historical accomplishment.

[@guppi277]

Well said. 🎉

[@jovanleon7]

Thank Elon. Many rocket companies and even entire country's rocket institutions have genius engineers and milions and billions in funding, but only one has Elon.

[@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname]

@@notknown1 its obviously a group effort, but there are a lot of talented engineers not only in the USA, but also around the world, at NASA, China, Boeing, etc. Despite that, theres only one SpaceX in the world, which leads to the conclusion that Musk must have played a non minor role in making this happen..

[@Slotcarking]

@@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname - Super proud of my son who works his a55 off at SpaceX 12-14 hrs a day, 6 days a week. No work life balance but he’s not burnt out yet.❤

[@falxonPSN]

@@Slotcarking buy that son a drink today! This is a hell of a day!!! Pass along our congrats!

[@467-k1m]

! ! OMG what a sight! ! And in my lifetime. I"m 82+years old and it is a miracle I am able to be here for this. I am overwhelmed. Sincerely and with 1,000,000 thumbs up. Big shoutout to Elon and the crew. See ya next flight. Over and out.

[@rogerwolstenholme2710]

I`m 78yo... Sputnik as a kid.... through to this... I got to see it all !!!!

[@BrokeAgain]

he needs more funding for spaceX

[@Tortuosit]

30 years younger but still incredibly glad I witnessed it.

[@jakgats1411]

​@BrokeAgain spacex will get the all the funding now that they proved they could do it

[@MabodM0]

​@@BrokeAgain Upcoming BTC and DOGE bullrun will help them with funding. Cuz they hold a lot btc and DOGEcoins

[@BellionArise]

The fact that they can so accurately land them not only with the remarkable catch but the fact they had a camera in the exact spot the ship would land

[@Darren4352]

Math is a wonderful thing. Isn't it? Fly it by the numbers and you can tell exactly what's going to happen! 😁

[@BellionArise]

@@Darren4352 I was always good at maths in school but this is next f*cking level How people hate Elon is simply beyond me

[@budgiefriend]

@@BellionArise HOW you can conflate the two, is beyond me...

[@BellionArise]

@@budgiefriend ?

[@drizmans]

​​@@Darren4352not exactly because you have external forces like wind, GPS not being perfectly accurate, and many more which means you can't predict the flight trajectory and then "fly to the numbers" - the ability to handle these unpredictable factors is where the real secret sauce is, and why we still occasionally have falcon's fail to land.

[@mikeh4775]

I’m an electrical engineer and the company I work for builds conveyor systems. We actually made one for a shipping/ receiving area at a SpaceX facility. Seeing this is incredible. Proud of the work mankind has accomplished.

[@leroilapue15]

Really? After a hundred years we are still playing with rockets? Just wait till you see the real stuff at Lockheed Martin, Skunkworks, Boeing and Ratheon...this tech is old, out of date...archaic...the real tech looks like magic

[@mikeh4775]

@ k guy

[@leroilapue15]

@mikeh4775 say and think what you like I've seen one of their craft and it will fool many into thinking it is from another world

[@mikeh4775]

@@leroilapue15 Uh huh, go on, I’m listening…

[@leroilapue15]

@@mikeh4775 not much to tell...you ever hear of Werner von Braun? Jack Parsons? Alasdaire Crowley? Its a weird rabbit hole but once you see it.. its even fuckin weirder haha

[@PSDiver]

What amazes me is how young the employees are that had such an integral part in this entire operation. Gives you hope for the future.

[@lewisner]

I was 9 when I watched the moon landing on a black and white TV and it's cool to see a new generation get excited about space travel.

[@DaveReithmiller1983]

@@lewisner You were 9 when you were lied to

[@marekeos]

I noticed that also!

[@beamed5382]

Yeah, the guy who is essentially the chief engineer and director of operations at starbase; Mark Juncosa is something like 41 years old. Really impressive.

[@java4life415]

I was in a hotel there on vacation today and I had no clue this was happening. Woke me up at 7 AM. My hotel room (with a balcony view on a high floor) was shaking like crazy and felt that sonic boom when landing. It was crazy. I cried knowing I witnessed history

[@paulurban2]

Insane!

[@Swole_Gecko]

lucky!

[@jdjcjfjjxjdjdbdb1125]

Es ist sicherlich eine technische Leistung und die Menschen,die das möglich gemacht haben,sind hart arbeitende Zeitgenossen aber wirklich beeindrucken oder zum weinen bringt mich so etwas nicht.Das abschaffen aller Waffen Weltweit und das zuwenden zu unserem Herrn und Heilland Jesus Christus von Ewigkeit würde mich zu heftigen Emotionen bringen

[@Swole_Gecko]

@@jdjcjfjjxjdjdbdb1125 Sorry, but humans just don't work perfectly like that... How you're not impressed by this is crazy TBH.

[@java4life415]

@@jdjcjfjjxjdjdbdb1125 It was a nice experience. I am Christian too and am amazed by how far science has gone today and that I am able to witness it. The Bible does mention that science will be too advance in the last days so that only assures me he is closer than what we think.

[@JimmyRJump]

Blimey, it went from supersonic to floating like a feather in mere seconds with the softest of touch-downs imaginable. What extraordinary times we are living in, my man.

[@ossiedunstan4419]

Its called a suicide burn and its nothing special, stop blowing this up to more than it is.

[@lucasodn]

@@ossiedunstan4419cause you can programe and time this burn too right?

[@Nebuloid1]

Yup ! Two booms and then gimbal gimbal gimbal, done. Easy ! Wow.

[@waituntil]

​@@ossiedunstan4419I am sorry for you that you can't feel the magnificence of this

[@briancleveland6115]

@@ossiedunstan4419 You are a very confused person...

[@vortexgaming7364]

I told my dad that they were going to catch the booster and he didn’t believe me. I sent the booster catch to him and he said “is that for real?”

[@caslimpens8161]

hahaha same. my dad said: "that looks fake". I said yeah trust me it's not hahaha

[@WaltherBeltranArdila]

Es real? Parece una película. !!!!! Elon Musk es insuperable!!!!!!!

[@Writeous0ne]

show him the China one, they didn't even catch it, it lands by itself, even more impressive

[@EA_SET]

@@Writeous0ne Well SpaceX falcon 9 already did that since 2015. China tried to copy SpaceX 's falcon. But SpaceX already have this new rocket that even bigger and more powerful than their previous rocket.

[@Writeous0ne]

​@@EA_SET surely it's more difficult to land a rocket without the grabber than with it?

[@mikecabral1579]

I watched this live and woke up the household. I have seen many times. I saw you in my feed and I watched it just to watch your reaction. Thanks I enjoyed your take. I’m 75 years old and bedridden and I start every day checking out several channels that cover SpaceX. I have been watching since Hoppie flew. I agree what a great time to be alive we get to see the build from the ground up.

[@predictorbibulous3327]

The amount of logistics involved in this is just as impressive as the actual landing.

[@rivalrepairs]

The flames at the side of the booster are vents from the cryogenic methane tank, as the booster heats up the liquid gas boils off and is vented overboard to maintain the correct pressure in the tank. The engines set fire to this vent that is what you are seeing.

[@zerumsum1640]

not to mention that burning it off is preferable to a large cloud of unburnt methane lingering around the tower like it would otherwise.

[@jamessimon3433]

Thanks, i thought maybe they did an oopsie

[@frederalbacon]

Nah, that's the QD, I think they actually blew the cover off the QD in atmosphere and started venting CH4 out the side.

[@pigslefats]

@@frederalbacon polluting the atmosphere

[@Hungary_0987]

@@pigslefatsoh my god, a few extra kilos of methane?! UNACCEPTABLE 🤬🤬🤬 Snowflakes these days

[@harrystanlick5019]

The engineering world just got a wake-up call. BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO!

[@danielwalden8315]

Yeah... Eddie Bravo

[@SkemeKOS]

CGI

[@briancleveland6115]

@@SkemeKOS Are you a flatter ?

[@Blaackcula]

I just learned a valuable lesson watching this video... The impossible was just made possible!!! Cheers to all the people involved 🥂

[@andrewyachovitz6749]

I’m not even that big into this type of stuff, but this gave me pure chills man, and my heart was pounding, what a remarkable feat for mankind, wow

[@johngreener9784]

This was SOOOO intense and impressive. Like a mother cradling her baby! I nearly wept! Awe inspiring! There really are not enough words to congratulate the whole SpaceX engineers and support staff for doing this incredible feat ON THE FIRST TRY!!! WOW!

[@literallyshaking8019]

This was impossible until this morning.

[@ossiedunstan4419]

NO it wasn't, Stop lying for a war criminal .

[@joeyg29jgjg]

​@@ossiedunstan4419a war criminal?

[@christhedoc8689]

@@ossiedunstan4419 Free Israel!

[@briancleveland6115]

​@@ossiedunstan4419What are you talking about ?

[@briancleveland6115]

@@christhedoc8689 👍🇮🇱🙏

[@alltechinbox]

A number of people were understandably speechless, what a week

[@joaohneuhaus]

I'm literally watching clips and reactions of this the entire day, I can 100% guaranteed you I could only find 2 kinds of reaction to what just happened: 1-Return to primal instincts and scream like you want to scare a predator. 2- Absolutely speechless.

[@TechRyze]

@@joaohneuhaus I just stood up and applauded them. For them to catch on first attempt, without any footage of a mangled, flaming 'mechazilla' / booster combo is a remarkable achievement. Outstanding.

[@romeowhiskey2759]

I thought my monitor was knackered because of your pic. If that's that is the purpose of it, you got me.

[@PA-lf8sd]

I was speechless. That braindead whooping stopped me from enjoying any element of it. If it's *that* exciting for them then it can't be that exciting.

[@joaohneuhaus]

@@PA-lf8sd Who's "Them"? They happy crowd cheering for that amazing scene? Lol I can say for sure you're not fun at parties.

[@Drunkledore]

Exactly my enthusiasm seeing this absolutely amazing point in human history happening while we're still alive and able to witness it! Good stuff!

[@Astschimmelreiter]

you sire must be dumb as a brick but have a nice one you fool

[@jt-rex6972]

What makes it even more amazing is that booster rocket is HUGE ( 233 ft tall)!

[@mikesprigg5495]

Idk the fact it's huge makes it easy to land.

[@TeeDee87]

Imagine all the competition being at least a century (edit: meant a decade sorry) behind you. That's where SpaceX is After this test.

[@ganjahiwalker2641]

A century is a stretch

[@Edino_Chattino]

I'd say 10 years, but yeah

[@sokolum]

@@Edino_Chattino 20 years

[@dewayneblue1834]

@@sokolum 15 years, AT A MINIMUM, is about right, because 15 years ago, SpaceX was assembling its re-usability team around their Grasshopper project.

[@mustang607]

They’ll catch up in 10 years. And when they do, SpaceX will be even further ahead..

[@Ask-a-Rocket-Scientist]

At max speed it was going Mach 5 plus. At catch it was going 0.

[@oufticom]

I was coming to say the same thing, and the super heavy booster is 250 tons empty, there is still a little propellant so the catch weight is higher but not 500. What a dumb cliclbait title.

[@friendlyone2706]

@@oufticom But the weight needing directional control includes the start weight, as well as the landing weight, so not really click bait -- just like he could have, maybe should have, included the highest speed.

[@ItsEverythingElse]

@@friendlyone2706 Yes, it's still click bait.

[@manifold1476]

@@oufticom You can *NEVER* trust a "journalist" to get numbers correct within one ORDER OF MAGNITUDE of the correct value when reporting on ANYTHING in Science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@95kvetak]

@@oufticom exactly, what the fuck just say what is in the vid and done.

[@IsYitzach]

13:25 I would have liked that flame to go out as well. But after watching Scott Manely's report, I think its a fuel dump so that the tanks are completely empty before anything interesting can happen.

[@friendlyone2706]

Scott Manley and The Angry Astronaut, and many others all have bits of information worth watching. I hope Elon authorizes a tech-filled special on his latest milestones.

[@fredviner2774]

Great enthusiastic descriptive narration James. Truly amazing experience subscribed immediately 👍👏

[@teslarob4790]

Just a decade ago people - and a LOT of smart people - were saying that this type of thing was 100% impossible. The world fundamentally changed today.

[@civismesecret]

Who ? We need names sir.

[@TylerChamb]

A lot of people (including me, emphatically) would always say, just a few years ago, that the kind of AI that is now commonplace in our world was either centuries away or impossible. Impossible things are commonplace today.

[@nemesis1134]

Some of my smart engineer friends...' never going to happen - not feasible' , just like fsd or AI, for being very smart they do have a short memory.

[@sananselmospacescienceodys7308]

I was one of those "smart" people who said it couldn't be done. I guess I'm not so smart after all.

[@CHIM3RA.]

@@civismesecret It's been said countless times over decades. This was literally science fiction before today. I can't recall who because I don't jot down every person that says it in history lol.

[@dzmo-official]

Fantastic insight. Your enthusiasm is rightfully contagious and is absolutely a joy to watch.

[@EDCandLace]

I'm still dumb founded. 5 full flights and they have a successful catch .. that team is literally unbelievable at what they do.

[@ComeonmenID10T]

unreal and amazing at the same time .......SpaceX is not only miles, but Lightyears ahead of the Competition

[@fredbugden3511]

What competition ?

[@minecraft_user2]

​@@fredbugden3511 Fr tho

[@jimdandy9289]

and boeing has a parallel contract worth 10 times

[@emanuel81111]

there is no competition, when you are that high in the tippiry top, its only them 🗿

[@deepprey2776]

I’m 53 and grew up watching the space shuttle take off and land. I never in my life would’ve thought this was possible.

[@DarthGandalftheBlack]

This is like something out of a movie or video game… it’s absolutely insane that SpaceX is jumping leaps and bounds above competition.

[@luminousparadox7529]

I never thought I'd see anything like this in my life 😮

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

James, I always enjoy your live coverage and your awesome commentary! Thankfully KZbin finally recommended your channel today!

[@deankay4434]

This a huge step forward allowing engineers to review data, examine components, control actuators and heat tabs epoxied in places the size of a quarter. Designed to melt at a known rate at a predictable temperature range. This complex catch is a further step to carry more weight into space at a cheaper cost. Reusable rockets without tons of heat shield and certain cooling systems are not used. Lower total weight carried at 17,500 MPH to escape the earths atmosphere with 3 times the power. Amazing!

[@rippedtopshelf6806]

I've watched that maybe 20 times and I'm still incredulous. Pretty cool, eh James?

[@mikearchangel]

Are you skeptical about the lack of camera footage from on the booster once it fell through the cloud? Me too.

[@ianmangham4570]

Barstewards 😮

[@pedrorocks1313131]

Notice it was a 7:00 minute flight on the dot perfectly timed

[@bojnebojnebojne]

I don't think most people who's see this realize just how insane of a feat this is. The amount of precision in order to be able to do something like this successfully is unprecedented. I'm actually at loss for words and i wouldn't believe it if i hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

[@flybyray]

What is „it“ exactly what you had NOT seen with your own eyes? had you seen something with different eyes too? Can you compare those „visions“?

[@bojnebojnebojne]

@@flybyray blabla

[@Erocks301]

This is....INCREDIBLE. There are no words to describe how incredible of an accomplishment. For anyone who helped make this happen....bravo. So cool.

[@Whatthechuckttv]

This is one of those monumental moments people with any remote interest in this type of thing will always remember. Where they were, what they were doing, etc. I had just gotten home from work that morning and went to turn on a computer and I tuned in to the live feed on the Video From Space YT channel. I watched the catch and was just blown away. I couldn't believe it. From total destruction of the pad and multiple boosters and ships to a successful catch in a relatively short time is just unbelievable.

[@Argoon1981]

This was so mind-blowing that I'm here in disbelief, feels almost unreal, so sad that majority of the rest of world, is totally oblivious to what was achieved here by SpaceX.

[@PassiveMoney1979]

yes, the ignorance of humanity is more dangerous than terrorism itself

[@TheBuntajames]

Share it wide. Every Dad on Earth should be showing his children. Dream Big and we will support you towards it.

[@jonathanlivingston7358]

It’s on all news channels of the world 🤦‍♀️

[@PassiveMoney1979]

@@jonathanlivingston7358 It's not on BET

[@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname]

@@jonathanlivingston7358 but not as highlighted as it should , and this is in great part cause Musk is not a democrat supporter in this election. Mainstream media is corrupt

[@myownboss1]

The engineers at Boeing Starliner team are like, ‘Yeah, whatever…. We’ve seen better’….😂

[@tricky778]

"seen" not "been"

[@izzad777]

as an engineer, trust me, every engineers are hyped for this. its the fucking execs with their fucking useless mbas that are destroying boeing.

[@falxonPSN]

The true engineers at Boeing are, I am sure, happy for SpaceX. It's the cost-cutting middle and upper management that is probably sore.

[@davidbeppler3032]

How many trillions of tax payer dollars and decades of engineering would it take Boeing to do that?

[@keithpenny1119]

it scares me that I think 'they' or 'the system' (those that want power) will find a way to stop SpaceX.... every time I see SX do something amazing I think... 'they'll stop it all soon'. The capable don't get to the top the BULLIES do. it's old school and goes back to the Neanderthals.

[@SMP248]

What an amazing thing to witness. I remember as a kid (67yrs old now) and playing with spring launched plastic rockets and catapult launched rockets, and now to sit back and watch this is incredible. Thank you for this and your amazing enthusiasm.

[@stnaes-tf4ow]

12:04 | i stopped smoking but this shot makes me want a cigarette 😂

[@MalcrowAlogoran]

SpaceX is suddenly going to have an influx of job applications with Chinese sounding names 🤣

[@3366larryandrews]

Funny:)

[@soursop1972]

True

[@minefromblackmonday]

yi long ma

[@juneangel7221]

Like CHINGATO? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelhammond7115]

Turns out that SpaceX rockets are considered national intelligence and non citizens are banned from all production and flights. Super duper fact... Thanks for playing Elon 100 Losers 0

[@dannyotter7247]

I know right captain, bizarre and surreal to see this stuff actually coming to life.

[@cesarango01]

Everybody is speechless. Especially, NASA, Boeing, Bezos, Russia, China. Eat your hearts out! LMAO!!!!

[@jasontipton8430]

All there engineers want to jump ship and go work for space x but musk doesn’t hire DEI hires you actually have to be good which is why nasa can’t accomplish anything

[@kevinmcquade1688]

Boeing doesn’t really make rockets but I get your point lol

[@messertl]

NASA and Boeing were too busy attending mandatory pronoun reeducation struggle sessions.

[@budgiefriend]

Can't we all be friends?😊

[@Admiral-General_Aladeen]

Does NASA even make rockets? I think they got them from Boeing and then Spacex so i don't think your comment makes sense since this is good for NASA

[@hankhaney3785]

"Private Enterprise" at its best.

[@Superman_Not_Clark_Kent]

To answer your question about how they'd catch both craft with one tower. Before they launch they lift the booster onto its mount. Then they lift starship onto the booster. They launch both, send starship around the planet, catch the booster, place it on its mount and prepare to catch starship. They have about around an hour and a half to do this successfully. Starship makes its way back around. If it's clear, they tell it to descend and go back to the launch mount and catch it. IF they catch both, they can choose to place it back on its booster as a show of the completion of the full circle of the launch and landing cycle and readiness to relaunch. If it turns out it can immediately be relaunched, it would be a complete proof of concept to refuel and immediately relaunch the same day. A lot has to go right there though. Not only a complete cycle of launching and catching and remounting, but also things like FAA approval. That's all probably still quite far away from now though.

[@RWBHere]

Glad you enjoyed it, James. The precision Starship splashdown was also a great highlight. Next up, let's see SpaceX fix that heat shield problem around the fins, especially the front ones, and let's see it launch a big payload into orbit successfully.

[@YoSip3Ek]

Anyone who is an engineer or technician, scientist, carpenter mechanic, soldier etc., any smart hard working person I salute you guys I’m very proud of you all God blesses America 🇺🇸

[@MStreppelhoff]

SpaceX making history.

[@Ahov]

We could have had this years ago with proper NASA funding. Instead, Republicans cut and cut and cut

[@hansvonmannschaft9062]

@@Ahov Two days ago, an 88m USD SpaceX Dragon capsule brought back three astronauts and a cosmonaut because NASA+Boeing f'ed up their 4 billion dollar one. That was the reality check. Now comes the slap: Go re-dye your hair, but make sure you don't ingest any of that green crap, makes your braincells die faster.

[@ExHyperion]

@@Ahovdon’t you forget it was Obama that canceled the project that was supposed to succeed the Space Shuttle. Who’s cutting what?

[@tammyhutson1594]

Way to go Space X Engineering..... The energy and happiness from such a diverse group of human beings, awesome job ya'll.

[@tokarlaszlo2918]

A Marson mikor épül ki a visszatéréshez szükséges infrastruktúra?

[@craig7350]

"SpaceX Catches 500 tonnes moving at 3x the speed of sound" I think they slowed it down a little first there Randy!

[@roijoi6963]

...and it's 200 tons, not 500. I don't know why you settled on 3x. The velocity was there for all the World to see. Why not say "...from 4,000 KPH+", or "... from 2 mph"?. It clearly broke sub-sonic at about 2,500ft. It's a stunning accomplish. Fix the headline. Please.

[@GtTrader67]

At what speed did Blue Origin or Boeing catch their booster?

[@qwerty112311]

@@GtTrader67what does that have to do with anything? The headline is a bit misleading imo. It is like saying spacex catches 5000 ton booster moving at 0mph. At one point the booster was 5000 tons and static, but we can all agree that would be misleading as balls.

[@stefanbaartman5893]

@@GtTrader67 Neither have caught any boosters. They are incapable.

[@GtTrader67]

@@qwerty112311 at what point in time did you weigh the booster? Just say you are a hater and be done with it

[@NeonEclipse910]

A feat of engineering beyond what was ever thought possible. Really inspiring. Definitely a moment of pride for humanity.

[@thevillage38]

SpaceX just caught a 22 story speeding skyscraper.Well done to all the employees of SpaceX,who were hired for their skill,knowledge and brains.Props to you all

[@clintrock]

thanks for sharing your thoughts as it happens.Helps those of us who might get goose bumps when they watch but it seems like magic lol.

[@two_motion]

Everyone: This is going into the history books. Me: Do a backflip!

[@mrdarklight]

It is nearly unbelievable what SpaceX has accomplished. They come up with crazy ideas and then make them work somehow.

[@friendlyone2706]

they are willing to risk failure -- what the expression "All In" means.

[@greggwilliamson]

New sub. You spoke on the impact of being alive at this time. I remember the moon landing. I was 9 and loved science fiction stories. Here I was watching those hero's do great things. I knew that "2001: A Space Odyssey" was prophesy. I watched the Voyager's begin their unbelievable journey (NASA could actually build s..tuff then). Elon Musk is bringing little boys and girls dreams and the magic back to space. I may be old now, but I still cherish those dreams.

[@cesarango01]

INSANE!!! GO SPACEX!!!!!!!! MARS OR BUST BABY!!!!

[@RichardStoker-k3o]

first time / subscribed first 10 second , you have got it what ever it is. well done..

[@kevinkentucky9972]

I was fortunate to see the space shuttle take off. It was like a skyscraper taking off, and those cracking sounds were so thunderous you felt all of it

[@joaohneuhaus]

I'm literally watching clips and reactions of this the entire day, I can 100% guaranteed you I could only find 2 kinds of reaction to what just happened: 1-Return to primal instincts and scream like you want to scare a predator. 2- Absolutely speechless.

[@cw5451]

I did both! 😊 Amazing feat!

[@davidgermain]

loving the excitment youhave for this. they swing the booster out of the way and put it in one of the pads. by the time the payload part has done its job the booster will be off the pad.

[@Deagle367]

I'm so glad to be alive to witness History!

[@anishmaitra5934]

Great job Space X for the pioneering job in the space sector and congratulations USA! Hope ISRO too catches up soon.

[@stnaes-tf4ow]

The thing i like most about watching live watches on Everyday Astronaut is his reactions and excitement/passion he has during every launch

[@sananselmospacescienceodys7308]

The SLS looks like a relic from the past.

[@nn98b64]

The price to launch even more so, 1 BILLION+ compared to under 100 million for this rocket.

[@Astrolavey]

It literally is. It's made of shuttle parts made from the late 70s to early 80s. I love SLS and think its a cool rocket, but it has no place in the evolving space industry.

[@dickveerman5544]

Boeing and NASA look like a scam now😂😂

[@Nuke-MarsX]

@@nn98b64 4billion and a launch cadence of like 4 years

[@geoffroberts1126]

Well, basically it is. The SLS / Boeing Starliner combo are really just Apollo on steroids with more modern components and computers etc. Same concept, drop the billion dollar booster into the ocean and bring back the capsule only. It's obsolete - the Stainless Steel Starship is the future.

[@roymills9334]

At 9 meters diameter I can't wait to see the crew area when they are eventually ready to send people up in this ship, it will be truly amazing. This is one of the few inspiring, uplifting things happening in the world today.

[@0xmoo]

@DrKatz-y2b inside starship

[@JP-kb4yi]

I was at launch 1 and 4. What you’re seeing is nothing compared to what you feel! Every one of those little crackles pulsate through your entire body! Starbase should be the number 1 place for everyone to experience. The beach is beautiful and the ship is so close you feel like you can touch it. I will not miss launch 6

[@theuktoday4233]

That was such a good video it managed to keep me and thrilled for the entire 34 minutes and I'd love to have lit the touch paper on that firework rocket that landed in the scene exploded that was fantastic. You're commentary made this really interesting.

[@Saradomusic6402]

it's like the GATE anime.. With SpaceX being modern militaries and all other Space companies being Medieval kingdoms

[@devanarayans5131]

lol, true, the kindoms getting blown to bits with this one

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Super Heavy booster is almost twice the mass of Saturn V's S-1C (first stage) booster. So SpaceX just caught a rocket nearly twice the size of S-1C out of thin air. I saw it live, but I'm still struggling to process what I saw! It's a genuine giant leap.

[@CasinoMaster48]

that booster alone is equivalent to 20+ storey building.

[@SnipesXxX]

I'd be more impressed if I hadn't thought this already existed lol. Was wondering why everyone was amazed.

[@superdave19855]

That fire after catch was the vent line that normally connects to the booster quick disconnect on the launch mount to send excess fuel back to the fuel farm. You can see it venting fuel shortly before the landing burn starts. They're venting the line because they have to to prep the booster to refill properly shortly after landing, which is the goal - to relaunch the booster ~60 min after catch. In all honestly, that fire isn't a huge concern because it's not burning very hot, nor intense.

[@FalkoneusGross]

CHEERS brother from the other side of the ocean. These are interesting times. We are at a precipice in evolution. We either make it or break it during these times. For once in a long time I am excited to be alive. I was here to witness this.

[@seanbaskett5506]

The ship got jealous of the booster and all the attention it's getting, and decided to do a victory lap by exploding.

[@lawrencemckelvin6890]

rage-quit

[@oljobo]

They caught a booster‼️👍👍☺️☺️

[@drewski6843]

This is crazy. Witnessing the largest rocket to ever take of and to be caught while landing. 10:42, anyone else is wondering what that sphere like object that was checking out the booster on the way in? Great video!

[@geoffroberts1126]

Very likely the hot stage ring that protects booster top end components from Ship's engines when they light up. It's discarded after booster sep from ship (saves weight for landing).

[@RaoulDuke333]

Cgi has come along way

[@bidencrimefamilymottof-cky953]

Project bluebeam

[@kevinmcquade1688]

They don’t need to catch the starship immediately after the booster. It can orbit until the booster is cleared from the chop sticks.

[@stephenmiller2544]

what do you think tower 2 is for?

[@limeylit]

@@stephenmiller2544 tower two is just that tower two, their will be many more towers to come as after today the whole world changed

[@stephenmiller2544]

@@limeylit i think you missed my point.

[@CheapFlashyLoris]

Obviously no ship is coming back to the launch site in less than at least one full orbit; When the booster separates and returns, the ship is still busy reaching its destination and has work to do. It's still unclear when they intend to start landing ships properly, since they would need to overfly populated parts of the U.S. to descend into Starbase or KSC. For Artemis, rapid reuse of the upper stages might not be a priority?

[@landcruiser801]

@@stephenmiller2544 launching tankers

[@chaz706]

The ghost of Neil Armstrong gives a thumbs up!

[@lucky_13_pyro]

Nah he never liked what elon .musk is doing which sucked since Neil was elon musks hero getting shut down by your hero sucks

[@SETHthegodofchaos]

@@lucky_13_pyro you know what they say about meeting your hero

[@SanctuaryLife]

@@lucky_13_pyro Neil A - Alien backwards. No surprises there. I bet he'd be impressed if he saw SpaceX today though.

[@Chamieiniibet]

Go! Go! Humanity! To the skies and back!

[@wrenchboostboi8994]

Literally was soo smooth it looked like video played in reverse… amazing. Its soo crazy to see space exploration tech being tested like this. Always a treat

[@thepostofficeprince8819]

Looked like CGI or AI to me..

[@grimbleahoy]

​@@thepostofficeprince8819 Just can't believe the unbelievable unless I see it live with my own eyes

[@adventofknowledge]

Couple of things; The "fire" is normal, its venting excess heat and fuel. When performing a landing like this, the additional fuel can provide an unstable element to the operation and so they vent the heat and excess fuel, its just some of the fuel will spray onto the outside of the booster, which is why the fire looked chaotic. As for the how, controlled bursts of motion via thrust. Imagine for a moment that you have a blow torch and you can set the intensity of the fire to whatever you like, the only different is that this is calculated, if they were off in their calculations by even a small amount they would of missed the landing, too say this was a "clutch" moment is an understatement, but now they've done it once, they can do it again.

[@DarkTranqz]

Super Heavy is somewhere around 220 tons dry without the hot stage ring, and probably had 20-30 tons of propellant left in the tanks, so it definitely was not 500 tons. Also, when the booster reaches it's highest boostback velocity at about 26 kilometers altitude, it was doing 4400 km/h, which is a little over Mach 4 at that altitude. Then, when the engines fire to cancel out the booster's energy for the catch, it's doing Mach 1, and decelerates all the way down to 2 km/h by the time the chopsticks make contact.

[@blessedevinedavid]

I CANT BELIEVE THEY COUGHT A 1KM LONG BOOSTER WEIGHING 500 TONS AND TRAVELLING AT 50 000 KM/HR, THIS IS SO AMMAZING.

[@override7486]

Presenting informations straight from anus as the facts is annoying AF.

[@roijoi6963]

Thank you for that. It needed to be said. This isn't a fete that needs to be hyped. It's mind-blowing just as it is.

[@Mrnwachukwu]

Landing used to be parachute and then splash down amd now megazila ??!! Wow this unbelievably incredible alon must be an alian you cant convince me otherwise

[@quesopasso]

I heard that it takes something like 3 orbits for the Starship to be realigned for landing at the tower. So there'd be at least a couple hours between a booster landing on the tower to the ship coming back. Still not enough time currently, but I think that's the idea. They'd move the booster then land the ship.

[@wjmr1990]

Good point, but when the 2nd tower is up, we will be ready for both 🎉

[@scottspann231]

I was there for the space shuttle launches. I haven't felt like this since I was 13 years old. 44 years later, I've got the chills again.

[@moksja667]

Wow what a beautiful cartoon, i think i even saw Santa Claus flying behind it😂

[@jimwhitman3678]

Thank you so much for sharing, love you enthusiasm.

[@Berretotube]

MIND. BOGGLED.

[@cw5451]

My mind is BLOWN!

[@animeQs.]

Sheldon Cooper must be credited on this 😂😂😂

[@Udtghost840]

I saw a spacex rocket in the sky a couple weeks ago on the way to go fishing .it looked really cool .My son and I pulled over to watch it. this was a great video.

[@joeycad]

Weight at catch is only a fraction of weight at launch. Most of the weight of a rocket is fuel that is ideally mostly spent when caught.

[@MrNomadic76]

What. A. Day.

[@DishNetworkDealerNEO]

I could rephrase your title this way: “500 Ton Rocket Booster let’s itself be captured by SpaceX Tower Cradle”

[@flintcoat2596]

The fog is from the liquid Nitrogen used to cool the lox and methane

[@DrSnowBrainHealth]

Amazing to watch!

[@rebeccahenson5328]

That was beautiful. I just happened to catch all of it. It’s my lucky day…too. Congratulations crew! I have never seen anything like that. NASA who?

[@LeifurThor-qu2bz]

Remember when Elon said- “building an awesome electric car is hard, but building a factory that builds electric cars is incredibly difficult. He’s taken all he learned about manufacturing (which is an insane amount of knowledge and wisdom), and applied it to manufacturing Space Flight. This milestone today is big, really big, but his factory which churns out spaceships bigger and more powerful than Saturn 5 rockets, this is beyond words cutting edge what humanity can do and so much better than the competition. Wow. Just WOW!

[@lagrangewei]

most of tesla factory management is done by chinese. when musk was building the system himself by sleeping at the factory, it was underperforming. it wasn't until his move in China as well as hiring ex-ford consultant on steamlining production, did Tesla manufacturing started improving rapidly. likewise, he hired alot of people who are disillusion by the "launch alliances" to build spaceX, who had the passion but not a boss who support them until musk hired them. the real job of a great CEO is not to figure out how to do it, but to hire the best people. people tend to credit him for entirely wrong thing.

[@friendlyone2706]

@@lagrangewei I hope he goes to the Japanese as he learns more about the Chinese long range goals (In 1948, when I was born, NO ONE would have predicted that switch. Just like 99.99999999% of the world believed the mood would always be beyond our reach.)