SpaceX Caught a Rocket With ‘Chopsticks.’ What Will Musk Try Next? | WSJ

[@wsj]

The SpaceX advantage that rivals are trying to emulate: on.wsj.com/48ShAhu

[@ingamgoduka57]

After 10 years from now they will catch 2 rockets investors will go crazy with their pockets, Elon will be trillionaire & the cycle repeats until China sends people on the Moon & Mars. As they building their own ambitious space station. It's time for America to invest in NASA again.

[@johannesaarto1631]

As someone who grew up with space shuttle launches this is like the only exciting thing in my life rn.

[@GCKteamKrispy]

You good bro?

[@Jonesy-0]

I'm excited for Trumps second term tbh. Common sense coming back.

[@zackatwood2867]

true

[@philip2205]

@Jonesy-0 It's also curious how Republicans raise such grievous concerns about election fraud - with well-meaning intentions, of course -, yet when their candidate wins, suddenly all that worry and suspicion disappears. It's as if those concerns they had suddenly had no reason to exist.

[@junetile1ify]

You need more excitement besides rockets.

[@mukamuka0]

Other company can't even land rocket on a solid ground let alone caught it in chopstick

[@Anothy]

Technically, Blue Origin has the New Sheppard, but that's a non-orbital class rocket landing.

[@mr.g937]

@@Anothy Give it another month or two, and you'll see a second orbital class rocket landing (New Glenn).

[@Anothy]

@mr.g937 Yep. Absolutely looking forward to that

[@zackatwood2867]

*catch

[@pimisi]

What most people don’t realize is that SpaceX is the only company that assembles its rockets, both the booster and the ship, directly at the launch site. In contrast, other companies transport fully assembled rockets to the launch pad. Additionally, SpaceX is unique in lifting its rockets onto the launch mount on-site, whereas other companies wheel in pre-assembled rockets and their support structures onto the site.

[@A_Canadian_In_Poland]

Not totally original. The planned but never launched Space Shuttle at Vandenberg in California would have been assembled at the launch site as well, with a mobile building around the vehicle during assembly.

[@ToeCutter0]

So much of what SpaceX has accomplished with Starship & Super Heavy Booster is simply overlooked by this spectacular landing. I've read that using chopsticks for recovery vs traditional upright landing like Falcon 9 will extend the useful lifecycle of Starship + SHB by nearly FIVE times?! Once one realizes how much "compounded savings" SpaceX will enjoy by assembly AND fueling at launch site, using cheaper propellent, chopstick recovery, etc, etc, and SpaceX will dramatically reduce the cost per KG for LEO insertion. It was never technology that prevented frequent trips to LEO, it was always cost. SpaceX is leading the world in reducing that high cost, which will inevitably lead to affordable space tourism. It's a remarkable time to be alive. 👍

[@basilihuoma5300]

Ohh! Finally, something positive and inspiring about Musk and SpaceX from WSJ? What a time to be alive!

[@puncifikator3870]

love news like this. no politics, just the facts of what are happening with space travel development

[@FaisalKoDekhaKya]

2:50 your animation has a mistake. actually when super heavy separates, it rotates 180 degree & takes maneuver for the boost back burn then slowly it adjust direction accordingly

[@afcans7301]

🤫

[@ridhobaihaqi144]

Much better than my country's scientific research 😂😂😂

[@ivander1511]

Tbf we don't have as much budget, or the adequate HR to do something like this... oh well, I do hope that Prabowo will make a difference in the future

[@maddyshorts267]

He is a dreamer and a visionary person.

[@Miklooo774]

Love to see it ❤ Glad you guys are doing real news again

[@xDarkxez35]

Historical moment with historical presidential election.

[@j.k.1239]

That video of Starship booster catch can make grown men cry.😥

[@DisasterxUs]

WSJ going to stop hating Musk now?

[@alt51801]

You can still hate the person and respect the companies he built. Nuance is still a thing.

[@DisasterxUs]

@alt51801 I get that, but the Starship program and the tower catching the booster were direct results of his funding and pushing for them. Obviously the SpaceX engineers are doing the actual technical work to make it happen, but nobody was willing or able to take the risks without Musk. So it's nice to see recognition for that, at least, without trying to slander the man like they always have done.

[@halahmilksheikh]

Blue hairs out of control at WSJ

[@axem.8338]

The technical term for this may be 'getting in line'.

[@kaushikmahadev8635]

@@alt51801 He's not your regular billionaire who wastes money, he re invests all his money back into building new businesses which helps humanity.

[@United_Wings]

Amazing

[@foxthroat3410]

WSJ trying to get positive points from Elon 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@EmeraldIV]

3:01 the engines are not on here, the glow you can see is atmospheric reentry heating

[@AbdulAli-ci7mz]

Great news benefit the whole world

[@michaelallen2358]

Musk your a genius 💪.

[@fflodeiro]

How can some people hate this guy? He's literally trying to SAVE HUMANITY.

[@robroilen4441]

Because he took away their Twitter echo chamber and exposed them as the real authoritarians. Wild to watch the "progressive" party smear someone who is trying to revolutionize electric vehicles and space travel.

[@Siethon1]

He's trying to transform humanity to bend to his image. To him, you're cattle.

[@azerothmtz6066]

Haters gonna hate

[@robroilen4441]

@@Siethon1 Explain what "his image" is. Should be easy, no?

[@agentkerbal9840]

Great video :D

[@sukhmindervirk]

The miracle of science ❤123

[@pranshuanand4560]

This was so awesome to watch

[@parkerpkthn]

WSJ just now putting out a video on this?

[@Yggdrasil42]

Because Flight 6 is on Monday.

[@Nunya-lz9ey]

Amazing what you can achieve without union labor

[@ryanmccawley6301]

I don’t think people form unions because they want to pursue amazing technical achievements.

[@ChubbyChicken_]

Cool stuff😊

[@767er767er]

Rocketlab & SpaceX are the present and future of the space economy.

[@casualgamergreg]

How do you screw up the animation when ur looking right at the source material?

[@DanielCardenas1]

Can we get a non music version, or lower music volume?

[@jacobl5488]

All I heard from the title is how chopsticks are the superior eating utensil.

[@ToeCutter0]

It's clear that the vast majority of folks who saw this amazing feat of engineering simply cannot comprehend how incredibly complicated this maneuver was to get perfectly right. Nothing like this has ever been done before because it's so incredibly difficult. This approach to recovering heavy booster dramatically reduces stress on the booster, ensuring a much longer lifecycle for SpaceX super heavy boosters. The data captured by chopsticks during recovery will improve safety as well. This approach to recovery will reduce the cost of lifting mass into LEO by allowing SHB's to be reused more often. A simple analogy would be using a flatbed truck to transport a vehicle instead of towing one behind a tow truck and putting significant wear on the vehicle being towed. The SpaceX Super Heavy Booster still weighs over 300 TONS after expending its lift propellent. That's more than TWICE the weight of the Statue of Liberty! SpaceX has pulled off "catching" a vehicle that's considerably heavier and taller than the Statue of Liberty on their very first attempt. I'll be the first to admit that SpaceX fell significantly behind schedule with Starship and SHB launches, but holy cow did they make some rapid progress in 2024!

[@yeekicarinang1653]

cool video

[@Adam393h]

That is a very old news legacy media is dieing

[@MarioCalzadaMusic]

I remember when the Chinese didn’t know where their booster will crash… New York, Brussels? Sidney? No idea Same thing eh?

[@Exilum]

The comments are crazy. When did the words "nuance" and "objective" become partisan? These are words that became used for the sole purpose of distinguishing fact from your own personal opinion. And I see the replies coming, I'm not talking about the side you don't agree with, both pro-Trump and anti-Trump, both pro-Musk and anti-Musk.

[@jamesleesley]

Keep sending those internet satellites!

[@garyoak2974]

Mars 2030 might actually be a real thing now

[@kobusdowney5291]

So, will IFT 6 fly tomorrow?

[@abdullahrehan1096]

it flies on monday, 18th November

[@kobusdowney5291]

@@abdullahrehan1096 Oh, cool! Sadly I'm gonna miss the live feed either way then...

[@HarshilFTW]

ahhh that animation is missing the HSR

[@user-jp1qt8ut3s]

They spend billions of tax to catch a rocket booster, and I should be impressed? In the 60s they went to the moon with people with that number of flights

[@investingjim2801]

Better Late than never.

[@mustang607]

These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. It’s one time use mission… - old think

[@windowboy]

Animation guy not much of a space fan

[@Fatpumpumlovah2]

only what 2 months old news? LOL

[@blas_de_lezo7375]

so why so much of a fuss you ask? well imagine airplanes could take you places but flights cost 10.000 dollars one way. Now suddenly somebody offers you the same flight for 600 dollars? Is that revolutionary?¨You tell me.

[@Tolbiac-od3cw]

A tad late on this one, huh.

[@robroilen4441]

They couldn't express any kind of support for Big Bad Elon before the election since that would somehow mean they support Trump

[@lionheart93]

flying cars are next

[@lionheart93]

after landing on the moon for the first time of course.

[@everydayengineering817]

6:00 Landing it on legs was the original idea - which had to be abandoned after almost 10 years in development. Why was that not mentioned? As an engineer who follows these developments closely this feels like a puff piece. Every technical development has pros and cons and I can't find a single con mentioned.

[@aerostorm_]

Square-cube law. The overall ability of legs to support the rocket body on landing is dependent on the size and weight of the legs by a square ratio. So when you increase the size of the rocket body, you have to increase the leg size by a larger factor. At some point, legs are not cost-effective. These weight savings are gained by moving hardware off the vehicle and onto mechazilla. This increases the total carry capacity to space.

[@everydayengineering817]

@aerostorm_ Thanks for sharing. My understanding was it was largely due to the inability to find an effective method to control acoustic damage. They tested legs on the starship booster which tells me that weight wasn't the primary concern. That is something I would expect to be caught at the preliminary design phase. Adding legs = adding weight isn't a complicated relationship that needs 10 years of development to determine.

[@jacko5376]

Wow....how late can you be to party, WSJ? Way to be on top of massive world news.

[@marcuspickens25]

This video screams I stole Johnny Harris whole flow😂😂

[@GhosPoison]

Yup vox template

[@sukhi_3]

Preaching about reusability while selling use & throw products. 😂

[@Thtuy]

1 min 💫

[@kalfunai]

He will try to make himself a first real trillionaire and donald a real billionaire.

[@Tonius126]

American excellence. I just hate those videos from europe not giving credit to american ingenuity, instead saying that it's a collective win for everyone or skmething. Make no mistake, this is a american win.

[@Yggdrasil42]

But with that logic you have to also include SLS and Boeing Starliner and the failures in those projects. American excellence through very rose-tinted glasses.

[@kevinabate6056]

Get a publicist, clown. Tucker Carlson is gonna drag you down.

[@goyasolidar]

Undo democracy with his orange buddy.

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Boooooo go away

[@jcollinsg3]

So, so many things wrong with this animation...

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Orang orang berlomba lomba membuat roket emang mau ke mana

[@lucasfrank8843]

Attributing this to Elon Musk is interesting, since he has absolutely nothing to do with any of this, but ok.

[@fosatech]

ah yes, the owner of several of the worlds most efficient and advanced engineering organizations has nothing to do with the business and engineering success of said organizations.

[@johnstephenson5158]

The visual representation of starship flight profile from 2:40 to 3:30 was so bad. It didn't show Super heavy's retrograde burn after first stage separation, and didn't show Starship's belly flop maneuver during reentry.

[@MegaWilderness]

It hasn't worked until the booster is reused

[@hangingrustediron]

That's what people said when they landed the first Falcon 9 booster, and now SpaceX has reused a single booster 23 times.

[@micosair]

Softball video.. What winning elections does for hard hitting journalism... The same for those advertisers who were boycotting x...

[@dewberry3043]

Once perfected Starship can start a CARGO business that needs fast transport like perishables to JAPAN Singapore Dubai Australia in just 30mins vice versa.

[@MiniKodjo]

i honelty dont know why we credit Musk for that kind of achievements

[@robroilen4441]

...because he is one of the major guiding forces of the company building the rockets?

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[@DardaniaLion]

It blows my mind how all the respect goes to ELON MUSK when he is totally brain dead. All the respect goes to those men and woman who are working their brains out to make this happen. Elon has the money but does not have the brain to do this.

[@ee1pj]

you are a fool.

[@SkillGapCoaching]

i have heard interveiw of spacex and tesla enginers getting scoleded for not solwing a problem, only to have elon come back with the solution the next day, he is CTO of spacex for a reason

[@Oneslap1000]

Yeah they do but can't do it without Elon cause they don't have his Brain.

[@harrydent8182]

I've heard Elon thank, and give credit to the team at every point in Spacex history..

[@avnishkalyankar5247]

The most illiterate argument i have heard in my entire life. He is the one who makes things happen. It is his ideas, funds and research. Ofcourse he needs employees to make this happen so please research before commenting.

[@JetCityNinja]

So what? How will it land on the Moon, or Mars, before that infrastructure is in place?

[@garyoak2974]

This ain't for that mission this is for the goal of being able to go into Leo or higher and land back on the other side of the earth in like 30 mins to 1 hour thus an intercontinental airplane ride that used to take 10+ hours can be done in 30

[@Ionut-bg6vw]

Remember sn15?

[@duckvs.chipanddale585]

thats just the booster that part can never land on the moon but theyve already landed ships without that infastructure

[@Erilto]

@@garyoak2974 This is more a side effect not the main design goal of the ship.

[@andyballard1883]

Define 'caught' for me please, because it looked to me that the rocket descended to a designated coordinate and then held itself stationary and THEN the arms closed to support it beneath the fins and then the thrusters shut down.

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

Did it fall onto the ground?

[@tomblaise]

Pointless semantics.

[@Erilto]

There are actually dampers that do the final catch after the shut-off

[@thatabdou]

"Define 'caught' for me please, because it looked to me that the football descended to a designated coordinate and then held itself stationary and THEN the player's arms closed to support it beneath the hands and then the whistle got blown." that's how goofy your nitpicking sounds. can't you just smile at something cool for once? 🤣

[@andyballard1883]

@@thatabdou don't be an idiot if something is held stationary then it is not being caught at all. The original returning to ground and staying upright whilst shutting down the engines was more impressive than this .

[@Viktor-wp4el]

Hah hah..., this is FAKE...!! 🙂

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