#SpaceX

[@Jspar0329]

This is actually an insane feat of engineering and mechanics. Holy

[@stevencaskey8502]

Yrs. Yes it is. Think now once done the great information gathered.

[@TravisLeaver]

It's more than insane this is up there with the pyramids

[@Jspar0329]

@@stevencaskey8502 Agreed. We could be seeing some very cool tech coming to the flight industry coming soon. Hopefully commercially!!

[@jayceesarant4371]

Not really humans just don't try and if you want to try you have to be rich and powerful seen kids make things like this on small scale on KZbin in america trying to live out your dreams 90% of the time leaves you broke

[@wattlebough]

@@jayceesarant4371The “not really” comment is narcissistic dismissiveness. It’s never been done in human history before. Hold your tongue and learn to keep quiet.

[@malayekk6522]

Tremendous achievement, salute to all the scientists, mathematician, engineers, and everyone involved.

[@ruslansmirnov9006]

man, this is all done with electronics and gigahertz navigation there is nothing math-relevant going on here the technology itself is most likely planned to be used on the Moon as a fallback measure when one or more boosters are broken or damaged on Earth, catcher nets will be used

[@timbaker266]

You dang right

[@EmpressLizard81]

Everyone except Muskrat, that is.

[@Mr_Uni]

@@EmpressLizard81why do you not like Musk?

[@cactus8666]

@@EmpressLizard81 if he didn’t have the idea, and the courage to work on it, it would take the world another 100 years to build something like this you know that right?

[@rogeronthemountain]

I'm 70 and never thought I would witness something so spectacular. BRAVO

[@rogeronthemountain]

Someday I want to witness a launch at cape canaveral. Running out of time. Gonna try for next year.

[@candicenelson9312]

I’m not too sure about this

[@vampdk4391]

Sir this is a reverse vdo..

[@Zeeshan3702]

@@vampdk4391I think U are from mars😂

[@KyleV00]

@@vampdk4391get off the internet buddy, it’s fried your brain

[@ABHISHEKKUMAR-lc4xd]

I'm 63 and had worked in NASA, but I never expected this to happen ever in my life.

[@pedrocesa177]

O nome disso é "Desespero do Ministro da Justiça Brasileira" Dá-lhe na cabeça do careca, Mister Musk.🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@morbidmanmusic]

What goes up...

[@donthr]

@@morbidmanmusic im 128 and never saw anything like that

[@tauseefkhan7923]

Revers video

[@camelcase_4336]

@@tauseefkhan7923 reverse brain

[@BrianGochnauer]

The best video I've seen of the return; simply because it was a wider shot and gives you a sense of speed against the cloud layer behind it. WELL DONE.

[@TheNheg66]

You know what the fun part is? That's no ordinary cloud, that's the remains of launch plume.

[@onetime1828]

​@@TheNheg66you must be a hit at party's 🎉

[@Curtiselewis]

​@@onetime1828hahaha leave the people alone yo

[@mattg8116]

It was going over mach 2 coming through the clouds. Insane

[@donlorinsharp]

Thank you! This really was a better perspective.

[@chuckjackson9066]

Wish my dad could have been around to see this. He served in the USAF as a jet mechanic, took me to many rocket launches with special close up views. This is great.

[@mczxxx8707]

He's watching

[@ismailsayyed7686]

Fake video, it is reverse video

[@7475thomas]

​@@ismailsayyed7686 how do you explain the smoke in FRONT of the booster at the beginning of the video if it's ok reverse. You are communicating on a handheld supercomputer but you don't think it's possible for humans to accomplish this?

[@7475thomas]

My dad was a computer programmer. Once he heard about email being a thing he said WE BEEN DOING THAT AT THE OFFICE. Wish he could see my Tesla model Y drive to me by itself

[@combatshox]

@@ismailsayyed7686 Sometime,s it,s good to think before saying.SMH.

[@scottlarsen8788]

That is absolutely amazing! I'm 64 years old. I didn't think I would ever see something like this. It's a great time to be alive! I think I watched that 10 times. Absolutely amazing!

[@markWilliams-bw7uj]

Hello fellow 1960er 😊✌️🇺🇸

[@ursafan40]

1 year older. Remember how exciting the Gemini and Apollo missions were? This gives me the same feeling

[@lucasdunn1776]

I watched 9 times 😠

[@paulryan2128]

Pretty amazing ... I watched it twice myself!

[@kkumar6845]

Cheers ! 😊 Hope you're well in your life sir 🙂

[@DONTTRIP-ik3dl]

That sound breaking when the rocket got closer is insane can’t get over it !! 😮

[@Tarumarugan]

Everyone involved in that project will never have to update their resume ever again after this 😂

[@ghost_trapz5932]

They will have to update their resume to avoid getting 10000+ job requests per minute

[@2011blueman]

LMAO, duplicating something NASA did in the early 1990s isn't noteworthy at all. You people have lost all perspective and are divorced from reality.

[@wtfdude1830]

@@2011blueman Yeah where and when did Nasa can do this? Tell us smartie

[@2011blueman]

@@wtfdude1830 Go ahead and search "Delta Clipper Vertical Landing" here on youtube. You'll see that the McDonnell Douglas DC-X was doing vertical landings back in 1994, and they were landing the rockets on the launch pad without the need for a crane to catch it.

[@avinashpawar51]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@TraitorousChen]

What a time to be alive! 120 years from first flight to this. Even more humbling is the incalculable number of hands, minds, and hours that made this 60 second clip possible

[@geralt8328]

And in those 120 years we went from two to unlimited number of genders…what a time to be alive…🤡🤣

[@saiyan_hashirama709]

Well said 👏

[@MrKanwebrown]

When you see comments like this you come to a conclusion how encrypted ,programmed inoculated and dummed down earthlings have become...myopia sets in and it gets passed on to generations...mankind has failed woefully 😢

[@nikutubo]

AIが計算するので簡単ですよ

[@alexskripnikov3424]

67 years first flight 1957

[@Ksathwik94]

These are the things what we used to see in Sci-fi movies and now becoming reality.

[@captainphasma598]

Old technology. been done before

[@Hizenbird]

Yeah like seeing someone get in a car with no one in the driver seat and the. Seeing the car take off.

[@GigglewithFelix321]

​@@captainphasma598you use pronouns, don't you?

[@malandro4511]

... because one person wants to fly to Mars wasting our resources on earth. Great engineering but stupid behaviour.

[@comeonnowforgodsakes]

Indeed, crazy interesting times!

[@SilentNights185]

Who knew a cigarette could fall so perfectly from the sky and land on a pair of chopsticks 😮

[@TimothyChandawira]

This will never get old, congrats spacex team for a monumental achievement

[@trungkienngo6267]

@@TimothyChandawira i dont get it, what makes this landing so special compared to the previous landings?

[@BGMatthews]

@@trungkienngo6267 The fact they caught a 21 story rocket... That was the point. They got rid of the land legs and the goal was to catch it.

[@deangelisdata]

@@trungkienngo6267when and where have you seen something like this in real life before lol

[@trungkienngo6267]

@@deangelisdata im comparing to SpaceX's previous landings

[@TimothyChandawira]

@@trungkienngo6267 the sheer scale of booster coming down at terminal velocity from the edge of space, glowing hot because of that speed, the fluid dynamics of the propellent inside the booster at that speed and being able to precisley ignite the engines to shave off that speed to just a hover and place it right within centimeter precision to allow the mechazila arms to grab it gently, if that doesnt awe u then, maybe u need to stand on ground zero and look up at the booster to understand the sheer monstrosity of its size to understand the level of engineering that went into this catch.

[@Djborders]

Every tv station should of been playing this for all the young kids to watch!!!!! This is perfectly executed

[@gilbertoweissner1904]

A woke hoje quer saber de comunismo 😢

[@weebinniec]

The kids are brain washed enough these days with this pish. You be quiet now OK

[@dantheman4838]

“Come on kids, let’s watch a Billionaire waste millions of *our* tax dollars on his giant toy rocket. Sure he could have used that money on food or energy subsidies for the working masses but what would be the fun in that?”

[@googlesuxx7106]

Many of us watched the Challenger explode after take-off. N.eed A.nother S.even A.stronauts lives rent free in my head.

[@izandevainmyheart1129]

Too busy with the hard science of what is a woman?

[@chriswade42]

Ive seen like 50 videos of this and it still doesnt gets old! The feat of engineering, the precision, the scale and all done on the first try! Truly incredible. What a time to be alive!

[@chriswhite3692]

You wanna know what's really nuts? I used to think the same thing about droneship landings of Falcon 9. Now those are so routine they are boring. One day, I hope THESE are so routine they are boring. Will be a great day for our species.

[@chriswade42]

@@chriswhite3692 lol i see you're point, and honestly if they get to that point i couldn't agree more. Was just telling my bro yesterday "now imagine these things coming and going like a friggn airport" Would be a great day because i can imagine commercial spaceflight becoming reasonable for most ppl in comparison to now. Hopefully anyway lol.

[@chriswhite3692]

@@chriswade42 We can hope. Would be great to get off this planet and away from these idiots.

[@WesRen_]

Its a couple more flights away from its last landing and becoming a lighthouse. Hence why they are always near the ocean for a launch.

[@NeXes42]

So many angles! Can't stop watching! 😂

[@juliuspalmer3935]

I could watch this 1 trillion times and not get tired

[@ZmarnowaneZycie]

so true

[@isfaqualalam9909]

Genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen

[@julittok]

Right on

[@paleface408]

Really? You should get out more often.

[@phillhuddleston9445]

@@paleface408 OK, what is more of an achievement than this?

[@julittok]

@@phillhuddleston9445 Most people have no clue how the technology they use every day actually works, so it’s no surprise this video seems quaint to them at best.

[@Ice.muffin]

​@@phillhuddleston9445real friends and truly loving family. Tru beating the value of that in this world.

[@tlz8884]

Ngl , was literally shaking when i saw this. Amazing piece of tech.

[@gdgavali]

50 years ago, using the same tech we have landed on moon.

[@JBeamGT3]

This is nothing like what we used on the moon. Those were man made inputs. This is nothing but scripts and code. ​@gdgavali

[@scott6129]

​@@gdgavali We had Methyl-lox full flow staged combustion 50 years ago? Plus they'd have been lucky to land in a square kilometer target back then. This hit within a square centimeter.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

@@gdgavali Don't display ignorance so blatantly, it makes you look really bad.

[@Localnimation]

Yes on really low gravity with no atmosfer or wind, and also have quite big landing area that they can miss just fine, the fuk are u on about? ​@@gdgavali

[@needchemistry]

This video was taken from a distance of approximately 4.25 kilometres away. You can calculate this by measuring the time between the firing of the rockets and the time you hear the sound of the rockets. Sound travels at a speed of 343 m/s and the time between the visual signal of the engines firing to the point you hear the ignition is 12.39 seconds. Which gives you 12.39 x 343 = 4249.77 meters. Amazing how large it still looks from that far away.

[@arvidhjort]

If the audio is synced correctly with the video, which it might not be.

[@lancelotkillz]

And I thought I was smart

[@lancelotkillz]

​@@arvidhjortugh who invited you

[@lancelotkillz]

​@@arvidhjortwouldn't it be

[@MiniOne82]

@@arvidhjort Jesus christ, you really are a special case.

[@rondinellipereira9869]

I’ll see a thousand times, and, never will be enough. Well done, guys.

[@saladonpc1823]

Literally 5 years ago, I thought this would have been a stupid idea. Thats insane.

[@mhammmmagh1465]

for real guys do you believe in this backward video hahahahaha

[@senhorokami]

@@mhammmmagh1465 cant be because of the amount of engines used, no rocket would get out of earth like that.

[@SteezyMcGee]

@@mhammmmagh1465Kamala Harris voter spotted 🚨🚨

[@ZaeOSWS]

@@senhorokami yea and let’s not forget the rocket propelled ooze canister, this must be tmnt 3 leaks

[@MostWantedWannaBE]

thunderf00t probably made a video of how stupid of an idea this was and how it would never work.

[@gravitaslost]

I don't know how many times I've seen this now, and every single time I'm just blown away. That's a skyscraper, plummeting out of the sky at terminal velocity, braking at the last minute, and then nonchalantly hovering while two arms that are bigger than artic lorries gently close around it. SpaceX needs a spaceport in Australia so I can get to see this in person!

[@primozimo3041]

I'm not an astrophysicist but a space launch facility in Australia sounds like a good idea. But idk

[@ujjuwr2785]

I don't think spaceX can operate in other countries while being in contract with US government. You can rather visit US for next launch, and have some texas BBQ and see the rodeo😂

[@Smorb42]

(Edit) this is incorrect please disregard Unfortunately, even if they could get over the national defense issues of having it in a different country, Australia is two far from the equator to be a convenent launch site.

[@gasdive]

​@@ujjuwr2785 Rocket Lab operates out of both the USA and NZ.

[@SupaSickVizualz]

@@ujjuwr2785😂😂😂

[@mikecatg]

What’s missed is because of the great technology of cameras, it looks like it’s coming back to earth slowly. But if you notice the shock wave to the surrounding clouds. It’s coming in faster than the speed of sound, causing a sonic booms. Amazing!!

[@jimschaffer8921]

We’re talking about building WARP DRIVES, and the left is still trying to figure out what a woman is…….

[@daibm5392]

Sonic booms? Is that you, Guile? 😂😂😂

[@SchrodingerCat90]

That's not a sonic boom.

[@ascherlafayette8572]

​@@SchrodingerCat90 Sure sounds like a sonic boom to me!

[@vico.7134]

Much as I tried, I am yet to understand why this guy chose to taint his tech-genius with politics !

[@tombigger53]

THIS IS HOW YOU RUN A RAILROAD.❤

[@lindacaldwell6251]

I am 68 and have waited for this my whole life!!!❤

[@luckymbiza5063]

You reckon you can now rest in peace

[@MLopesGomes08]

@@luckymbiza5063😂

[@khimonbista6674]

​@@luckymbiza5063😂😂😂

[@vitalipopkhadze369]

​@@luckymbiza5063 Right after you...

[@vitalipopkhadze369]

​@@khimonbista6674 Nothing is funny. Just a very rude comment.

[@Maria-e2f6g]

Fun fact: You can like a comment by double-tapping it, but by triple-tapping you can also reply to it🤭

[@aswathysr5710]

U r right 😅👍🏻

[@_abuanusnarrated_9299]

Mashallah

[@raghulelango5478]

😂

[@pranaypandu9268]

By single click we can make it back

[@chimapaul1674]

😂 wow

[@Stoofke777]

I watch this over and over and over again. Absolute amazing!

[@davidsims8852]

F******** amazing

[@ITrending121]

Unfortunately this is reverse video😢

[@dougroberts3643]

​@ITrending121 Lol.... No, it's not

[@jorgeadame5158]

Any monkey with billions can make that happen. Bureaucratic monkeys block/stall such fears

[@nicholaslincolnasiimwe7025]

And makes me wonder why Elon Musks wades himself into politics. He is achieving too great things to canoodle with politicians

[@rhyanjill]

The chopsticks thing and its tower is twice the size. That is also equally impressive.

[@rafaelhuerta3352]

I woke up that morning to notice a shadow being casted across the sky. It was amazing, I notice the different cloud like plumes from the different altitudes the rocket created while I was recording with my phone. Then the sonic boom sound it made as it was landing in Boca Chica. I was in Pharr about 50 miles away. To all the engineers and founder of Space X congratulations to all your hard work, precision engineering and achievements.

[@valentine1388]

The precise moment to fire back the rocket, the angle of fall, mehn, the calculations involved in this whole process and it worked in real life is simply mind blowing.

[@richardhayman4868]

This is one of those clips that will get watched over and over, like the first Falcon 9 booster landings. Just amazing.

[@drbqqq1433]

I'm a 112 and started NASA out of my tool shed and I never imagined I'd ever see something so great!

[@Folk1000]

Для меня это прям волшебство! Респект инженерам и всем людям кто осуществил это!

[@edgergerg]

безусловно это на лезвии прогресса, но мне кажется одноразовые ракеты экономически выгоднее.

[@ГогоГого-э3ю]

Для меня ето деньги на ветер, и Маску не летать ни в космосе, ни на Луну ... СпейсХ ето обикновенная финансовая пирамида Маска, с целью собрать добровольно налоги с тех, кто их прячеть на офшорах ... Будьте разумни и сторонитесь Илона Маска ...

[@pavelborisov515]

​@@edgergergна батутах ещё дешевле

[@АлексейЛев-щ9л]

​@@pavelborisov515А ты на ней бы полетел второй раз?Она такого натерпелась, пока приземлялась😮

[@vrambassador]

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[@bobbinsew]

I’ve watched and rewatched this over and over and over again. Magnificent!!!!

[@1irlmike]

I have probably watched it a hundred times. Never gets old. I can't wait for it to come to Cape Canaveral next year

[@simonebest6013]

Space X booster landings look so 1950's Flash Gordon.

[@luisalberto_travel]

Can you explain why was there smoke on the ground before the rocket landed? It looks like a reversed video, looks fake

[@Plan9-3127]

I'm at a complete loss for words... Such an incredible thing to see... Everyone involved should be so proud of themselves...

[@homemsolteiro8038]

"I'm at a complete loss for words" Instead of saying that, you could've said: I'm speechlesss

[@Виктор-п4н6б]

Конечно😂, ведь только что с Юпитера вернулись. А на солнце надо летать ночью, чтобы не обжечься 🤣

[@mhammmmagh1465]

for real guys do you believe in this backward video hahahahaha

[@blitztim6416]

To conceive of this, and then to accomplish it, is amazing. Realizing how huge that booster is.

[@에플파이-p3m]

연구하고 성공시킨 과학자들이게 경의를 표합니다 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@ustarecepusta]

🇹🇷This is an energy transfer device. It can transmit the energy it receives from the sun to the world wirelessly. It is also a weapon. They burned the forests with this laser weapon. You idiots, go back to sleep. It is monitoring the entire world without asking anyone or asking permission.🇹🇷

[@GabrielFernandes-zn8qe]

and elon musk ?

[@DraftySatyr]

And the engineers who made it happen.

[@seoul68]

Maybe you ?

[@Karlhungus6969]

Space-X. You all are truly amazing. This should have been shown every where. You guys rock!!!

[@Barskor1]

No Karl they Rocket!

[@СергейФедоров-л3д8ц]

По - моему, это откровенное фуфло, когда кадры идут в обратном направлении. - Авария.

[@ThomasMPosey]

​@@СергейФедоров-л3д8цWrong, you just mad.

[@СергейФедоров-л3д8ц]

@@ThomasMPosey Like!

[@СергейФедоров-л3д8ц]

@@ThomasMPosey Допустим, что это голограмма. - Показали людям то, что они хотят видеть.

[@apoc8265]

it blows my mind and technical and precision something so big is and so accurate

[@NotchoLife]

That’s how I feel every time I whip it out

[@lamhamzzzzzz]

actually it's super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@JohnCoffins]

The audio on this is amazing

[@scrashthepunkstar]

Las time I cried was when my dad passed away 6 years ago. This made me cry again the first time I watched it, but for completely different reasons. Let's go humans!

[@cthulhuhoops7538]

I feel you man. It's amazing that in spite of all the chaos/war/political bullshit, we can still manage to achieve things like this.

[@ManishSingh-nh6vs]

Same here

[@CadillacDriver]

Wtf 😂😂😂

[@mattyfresh101]

Engineers and scientists are the real superheroes in society.

[@El_Diablo_12]

Agreed, magic is real and it’s science and engineering

[@studio107bgallery4]

It’s a Miracle 🙌🏼🕊️♥️and a giant step for Mankind 🕊️🕊️🕊️💫🌏🪐

[@sadfrew4rewfadsfg]

a giant step for mankind would be a year without war and every child fed

[@ferbacor1957p]

Nunca se había visto nada igual...

[@77gravity]

No miracles involved, pure Science. Your superstition has no power here.

[@musicilike69]

No miracles, gods interfering or blessings of rocket parts. Pure science. Get thee back to thine age of nitwittery.

[@sadfrew4rewfadsfg]

@@77gravity Science is also superstition because the mind is the matrix and everyone creates their own destiny. Like a magician. It's just that most people don't realize that they are the magician

[@kellylanders8350]

I can watch this all day long and still be impressed. SOo freaking cool.

[@bradmowreader5983]

As a 70 year-old adult Who played Lunar lander as a kid I can tell you that just landing successfully in two dimensions is really challenging. I can't imagine trying to hit a specific point. At least triple hard. I NEVER mastered that skill. Kudos and a little tear.

[@aholesahole]

You've got about 30 years on me and I remember Lunar Lander! Thanks for the reminder, what a fun game.

[@KeithH1991]

No matter how many times I watch this, it's still insane!!! 🤯

[@高山流水-l8m]

为什么😊

[@Beezlie727]

​@@高山流水-l8mIn this context "insane" is used as slang for amazing, awesome, fantastic, hard to believe or any number of descriptions with positive definitions.

[@高山流水-l8m]

Thanks😊​@@Beezlie727

[@Andile-w3s]

That vid is reversed guys come on

[@Essex007]

When you throw a cigarette straight through a drain cover with out hitting the sides ❤

[@LG-bt2ev]

Facts 😂😂😂

[@russelllapua4904]

Lets also appreciate the cameraman, who nailed the smooth capture of this.

[@IronLad]

Its done by auto tracking cameras

[@LouisEmery]

It's like showing to the world how useful are multi-variable differential equations in general. Everybody's impressed.

[@АндрейКлоков-й8э]

Ох, как же хотелось что-то умное написать, чтобы выпилиться, да?))) Но полную фразу осилить не смог и в результате выдал чушь.

[@fctucycy8v8yvy67]

You mean partial diff eq?

[@marthabromberg6274]

Watched this 12 times so far. Keeps getting better!!!

[@serendipity6484]

Finally someone with a steady hand when videoing, what a pro.❤

[@Bhavesh-c9j]

This is an achievement of its kind. Huge feat

[@Thisdude1227]

The engineers at our job are truly amazing hats off to the whole starship team. WE DID IT!!!

[@zentriceggofficial]

You ain't part of the team flappy. 😂

[@liam3128]

@@zentriceggofficialWtf do you mean, I was the cabin crew refreshments colleague.

[@zentriceggofficial]

@@liam3128 well you didn't mention your critical refreshments role.

[@liam3128]

@@zentriceggofficial It's classified.

[@zentriceggofficial]

@@liam3128 so you're refusing to disclose refreshment/snack/beverage list.....

[@MisterAskerov]

Вау! Это очень круто и сложно, мало того что приземлить так еще и в определенную точку! Браво инженеры!

[@Muncit]

I've watched so many of these vids with different angles and it still amazes me. Stopping 1300 tonnes to a stop and catching it isn't a simple feat.

[@jacksonorlady1367]

Give me chills. Hard to argue that it’s not the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. For the people in person it’s not even close, obviously the coolest

[@mallyprashanth]

No wings, coming down straight without spinning, no flip fall, not uneven rotation while landing. 🎉 congratulations team, this is a great and beyond amazing accomplishment/achievement ❤ , we have known flying formula from wright brothers on or before but we got you guys for safe straight booster landing

[@babyrob7777]

Never. America needs to out the democrats come next 2 weeks and install a new fascist constitutionalist to make America great again. Facism is not wrong if the people are protected under a constitution. Thats why MAGA ahave become recently fascist national constitutionalist. We will make our young men and women godly again, honorable, they will all be patriots as well. With this new party we will no more, allow any proprietary theft of any kind. China has stolen so much from us and they cannot have the falcon 9 or starship designs no matter what. They still cannot make a functional landing rocket and elon made one since 2008. We must keep it USA only and everybody who gets even 5 miles or closer to these inventions must be a US citizen with no ties to China.

[@ericede]

It actually does have fins that steer it on decent and keep it upright, but the guidance is fully automated

[@JetFire9]

It definitely wasn’t straight down. It was literally flying on the way down and then walked over to the arms.

[@jacobladder5556]

The main ship uses a flip fall because it goes into orbit which is a much higher speed, and it must slow down, so it falls sideways (and it needs a heat shield because of the extra speed which is converted into heat). The booster just carries the main ship above the thick part of the atmosphere, so it doesn't fall so fast. (I know the main ship hasn't been to orbit yet and the tests were just up and down; I'm saying that's what it's designed for.)

[@CadillacDriver]

​@@ericedeyou forgot the 's' in descent.

[@_billyk_]

Already buzzing for the test flight where they land the booster and starship Such an insane thing to see, like the Falcon Heavy synchronised landings

[@Mikael-jt1hk]

the ship is meant to go to other planets.. You know, places without giant launch towers.. There is zero reason to even attempt to catch the ship. It has to be able to land on its own.

[@danielbrakenhoff2825]

​@@Mikael-jt1hkthat is only for the upper part the statship the booster remains on earth

[@Apollorion]

@@Mikael-jt1hk The starship is also meant to carry heavy loads (e.g. propellants & starlink satellites) into orbit, leave that load in orbit, but return itself almost empty to Earth in a good condition and after a little maintenance repeat such a carry-load-into-orbit launch again.

[@_billyk_]

@@Mikael-jt1hk I'm aware I mean when they land the booster back on the launch tower and starship itself to complete a successful free standing landing on the ground like in prior test flights. Just be sick to see them complete both in one go

[@karenleemarzak9153]

​@@Mikael-jt1hkStarship will also be commissioned to do Earth to Earth transport.

[@technofeeling2462]

Insane that it slows down already and then finally breaks the sound barrier

[@jackflash6377]

If you watch it closely you can see the fine tuning they do as it's almost all the way down. They bring it vertical in the last foot or so. Never get tired of watching this.

[@Zorrow45]

It's all AI controlled. There's is no human in control, A flight computer is running the show. Up untill call out for landing attempt was the final moment they had flight control. Afterward, it's just the FTS they can activate. The live corrections you see are all made by an algorithm and executed by the flight computer within nano seconds.

[@matimoonhoney5606]

You note also they have use a notable angle of attack to generate drag

[@GTRNights]

They? hahaha AI isn't gender fluid.

[@benjie9449]

​@Zorrow45 if it's soo easy and all ai, let's see you accomplish this.

[@Zorrow45]

@benjie9449 I never said easy, the coding alone would be a technical achievement. All I meant is that it's not being controlled by some or any dude with a joystick or keyboard. It's a very sophisticated program.

[@Buflonob]

Wow!, simply wow. People who do these things and the people who back them advance humanity and deserve respect.

[@paleface408]

How so?

[@BreeZieDoesiT]

Completely. Its pioneering the human race to the next level of feats that will potentially take us places in the foreseeable future

[@ThirdDimensionalBeing]

​@@paleface408learn why, because if you didn't just watch the video, you would know" how so." So tired of people downplaying this, as if they even remotely understand what's going on

[@nw6070]

​@@ThirdDimensionalBeing but literally how does it help humanity in any way? It's impressive but it does nothing for the crisis society is facing and the many problems on earth

[@TvTink]

​@@ThirdDimensionalBeing bruh you didn't learn anything from this video

[@ajaybhatia7888]

What’s absolutely insane is if you show this video to someone in 2001 they would think this is alien technology.

[@teebob21]

Not really. We knew this was possible all the way back to the 1950s. It just wasn't fuel efficient.

[@RogerKeulen]

In 2001 you would get questions like. But why do you want to do this ? Isn't it cheaper to lunch one rocket that can go to the Moon, then launching 20 reusable rockets ? What does this cost ? Who is paying for this ? When is it ready ? Can we get our money back, if it fails ? But in 2024... *IS THIS A SPACE POD* or do i need to share my ride with "other" people ?

[@gahmivolka]

@@RogerKeulen so true

[@ItsReallyJackBlack]

​@@RogerKeulenThis is when the technology in materials, process and software physically intersects with concepts and ideas. From this point forward it is purely refinements. This was a sentinel step in reusability of heavy orbital vehicles.

[@wisdomelliot5721]

This is a video of the launch of a spaceship played backwards

[@darleneannryandahlayin6770]

These scenes are the testament to how victorious the human race is...I am so very honoured to be able to witness the changes that the world is going through... I am not able to imagine how it's going to be in another 100 years from now. Hopefully we will have a multi race of being's amongst us.

[@에올로]

정말 경이롭다고 말할수 밖에 없네요 대단합니다

[@ahmed-al-ali.]

Imagine the joy of the crew as they applaud.

[@Area-51td3vq]

Wow! Rhayvwas breathtaking. Congratulations to everyone at SpaceX

[@choopatroopa4445]

I've seen nothing more badass than this.

[@HannibalLecter-hi4hh]

"Coming in hot" is an understatement!! WELL DONE SPACE-X !!!

[@youngmocker7122]

yeah that's why they did it, all to deserve and get your recognition

[@ThatNinjadirty]

Truly remarkable engineering.

[@DraftySatyr]

@@youngmocker7122 Tell us more about your greatest achievement. Go on, please do.

[@roryblake3232]

Indeed hot, from 1000kmh to 0 in 20 seconds

[@DerwinMyers-o8c]

I could watch this all day... great job people.. can't wait for more 😊

[@kevinsmith3301]

I had to come to the comments cause I thought the video was in reverse being rewinded.😅😅😅 Great freakin job space X

[@cortlandsimmons6241]

I did too for a minute, gotta be sure these days.

[@jennifercartwright4639]

I think it is in reverse.

[@suntecweb4980]

agar ye reverse hota to dhua aage se nikalna chahiye tha pichee se nahi

[@e.e6669]

Amazing no matter how many times I watch it

[@arlyncuaresma8872]

Wow this is AMAZING! Salute to those engineers that made this happen! This is Superb work!

[@BrookseyJay]

Amazing

[@johnbarron1494]

I can’t wait to see how far the SPACE X team will take this. This is contains all the best in people. Science, engineering, chemistry, team work at its best

[@alexkondryuk7330]

Maybe as far as the glass celing no further.

[@gavcom4060]

@@alexkondryuk7330go away bro

[@jacobladder5556]

@@alexkondryuk7330 See: Gwynne Shotwell

[@josefilipemartinscam]

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@uversa7]

I wonder if Any Kamala supporter could Ever come close to an accomplishment like this. Elon Knows who is Best to lead our country and our world. Make No Mistake 🎉 ❤

[@Gameplayer70]

I watched this live and I was amazed. I watch it every time I see it come up again, and it's incredible every time. This will never stop being cool! I can't wait to see what more they do!

[@JetFire9]

Me too. Isla Blanca.

[@josefilipemartinscam]

Onde foi que vc viu isto acontecer

[@josefilipemartinscam]

Where did you see this happen?

[@CadillacDriver]

​@@josefilipemartinscamhe didn't. He's lying for attention and likes.

[@i7Hcrank]

One of our greatest achievements as a species. Bravo ladies and gentlemen.

[@perurikiran]

This is really an incredible achievement by space x team Kudos 👏👏👏

[@HarryLarsson-b2n]

I'm 19082 and never thought I would see something so incredible. CONGRATS.

[@pilsnrimgaard2507]

Im 62 and thought id never see a 19082 year old.

[@МарсВеликий-ъ1в]

this is a backwards flow 😂😂😂

[@RogueAI]

It looked like they'd done it a thousand times. Truly incredible work going on at SpaceX

[@zachmoyer1849]

i know its crazy like it just instantly felt normal but at the same time kept blowing my mind lol.

[@scottlarsen8788]

Yeah! It looked routine! Amazing!

[@brendanr1525]

"Measure twice, cut once." I'm sure they ran hundreds of calculations and simulations before it even launched.

[@МаксимБ-у8ж]

Летающая сигара. Фантастика стала реальностью. Браво.

[@goodwinter6017]

If it wasn't for the glowing end, it would have been mistaken for a falling giant sewage pipe lol

[@HitoAvila-hd1nb]

Por que en este video sensuran el ovni, aparece y lo cubren.

[@yakikadafi6189]

@@goodwinter6017😂😂😂😂😂 fr

[@aleksne8442]

​@@HitoAvila-hd1nbнло летает на антигравитационном двигателе а в космосе планетарном т.е. скоростном очень быстром.

[@claudiohuerta1261]

​@@HitoAvila-hd1nben que parte se ve ?😮

[@LockSpaz]

I've watch dozens of videos of this already and it never gets old.

[@Entropydemic]

Amazing. Imagine how many kids grew up, shared a dream and then made this possible. Imagine what sort of things we'd achieve if all of us worked together on a singular idea. Thats over 8 billion people.

[@Kanexx7z]

All those people operating like antz instead of humans- I can’t even imagine what this world would look like.

[@DmitryT108]

на наши глазах рождается бизнес модель - космические путешествия и т.д

[@U.s-epa]

Hate him or love him there's absolutely no denying this achievement.

[@tazabe]

Elon deserves love

[@akeyladog420]

All he did was have the money to hire the right people. I'll give him credit for that!

[@cisium1184]

@@akeyladog420 Well, that and the vision to believe it could be done and the willingness to take the risk to try it. Let's be honest, this would have taken NASA 50 years - and most of that would have been getting politicians to agree to even try because they saw nothing in it for them.

[@himynameisjohnwumsh7631]

@@akeyladog420all he did was “have” the money. Sounds pretty easy, maybe you should “have” the money.

[@akeyladog420]

@cisium1184 Being the largest investor, then taking over the company doesn't make you a genius...well, maybe it does. Regardless of my opinion of Elon The Thief, they are doing great work at SpaceX.

[@HPDrifter2]

The software to make this happen is pretty amazing. The rocket motor/fuel control is incredible. I question the reusability of the fuselage/casing, but that doesn't diminish this astounding achievement of engineering.

[@nhoj924lll]

20-25 seconds of full burn to stop how many tons? Hard for me to believe it can stop before crashing

[@ksh6]

Software is the least impressive thing in this in my opinion as someone who has been developing software for past 15 years professionally. I can make the software of this with a team of 10 capable developers in less than four months. The impressive thing is the hardware that is working so reliably and with that amount of precision. That level of control on the moment of engines to adjust the angle of engines in milli-seconds. And the engines firing precisely. And all sensors working as well as it did. And the plumbing to bring fuel at the right flow-rate to the engine. I don't think I can make that. So, I am impressed on that.

[@nhoj924lll]

@@ksh6 or 50 tons falling out of the sky C.G I. GOT CAUGHT, how much thrust would have to be generated to slow that thing down so that it didn't crash into the Earth.😳 Just axeing

[@ryanhodin5014]

​@@nhoj924lllEach individual Raptor engine can produce up to 230 tons of force at sea level. They start the descent with 13 engines, then drop down to three for the last part of the landing. The problem is actually getting the thrust low enough that they can have some sort of fine control (or in other words, to have enough time before they start going back up to get in the right spot to get caught). Falcon 9 has the same problem - It has to stick the landing perfectly with no time to spare because it can't hover - If it fired the engines slightly too early, it'd go shooting back up away from the landing site, so it basically slams into the ground with a huge amount of thrust cutting off at the right moment to stay there.

[@nhoj924lll]

@@ryanhodin5014 Ryan i appreciate what you're trying to tell me, there are so many parameters that have to be met for that. To work correctly, every time just flabbergasted. Aint saying it aint possible saying it looks like it aint possible.😁

[@Keep-on-ok]

Just like my robot vacuum going back to its charging station! This is awesome! ❤️🇺🇸❤️

[@JoelMahlman]

But your robot vacuum returned with a passenger, your cat that loves to ride it.😺

[@Keep-on-ok]

@@JoelMahlman Not this cat! She is afraid of everything.

[@Денис-э1в4ь]

Пиздеж

[@XTh3T3RMIN4T0RX]

Everyone remember making fun of spaceX a few years back for rocket crashes? They weren’t lying, those were destructive tests. Testing to failure lets you learn some crazy stuff

[@сашасаша-т4н8ч]

Браво! Человеческому гению

[@ILoveLibertyJustice]

These Engineers are Pure Geniuses !! Congratulations!!

[@bamajpeezy]

Great footage Tim!! Keep up the good work!

[@soccerboss7924]

This solidifies that we may not be halo reach or Star Wars/Star Trek level of space travel in our lifetimes but we may see the launch of ships like the Lazarus. It’s ions from interstellar. Mad exciting

[@agps4418]

those are movies bro, they could be very stupidly inaccurate

[@nikitabadloo9226]

Wow that is amazing hats off to the person's that made it possible

[@Trnenergy3]

This will never get old.

[@IllllIIIllIlIIIll]

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[@RichardFraser-y9t]

You can tell, from the sound, that it was supersonic when the engines lit. Super sonic to zero was so very quick, must have pulled some serious G.

[@5893MrWilson]

Someone do the calculation. We need to know the Gforces

[@Positive_Altitude]

@@5893MrWilson From the telemetry I see peak deceleration of about 200km/h per second. That's about 5.5G. Also, about the same rate goes when it hits the atmosphere, when the engine part is glowing the brightest. About the moment where this clip begins.

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

​@@Positive_Altitude That's about the braking force of an F1 race car.

[@jasonpoullos8989]

Things don’t fall through atmosphere at supersonic speeds. They fall at terminal velocity. Couple hundred mph maybe but not supersonic

[@alephdethan3527]

@@jasonpoullos8989 If the object is coming from outside the atmosphere, of course it can fall at supersonic speeds. You can even see the shock wave in the clouds at the beginning of the video.

[@pietergeerkens6324]

I will NEVER get tired of watching this. I remember watching July 20, 1969, live on TV as my Dad fiddled with the cable controls for the rooftop antenna trying to improve reception - but even that pales in comparison to this.

[@trainman1209]

Wait? Cable TV in 1969? You mean the antenna cable on the roof ? The good old days. I watched it on a portable TV in a campground.

[@pietergeerkens6324]

@@trainman1209 Yes, a pair of cables running down the side of the house that, when pulled, rotated the rooftop antenna either CW or CCW. However, I delivered TV Guide door-to-door from spring 1966 until August 1968 - I'm positive there already some Cable TV listings in it at that time, though whether anyone in my smallish (30k pop) town had it yet I don't know.

[@piraquara4880]

Também vi ao vivo em 1969! Eu tinha 9 anos na ocasião e foi maravilhoso! (Brazil)

[@antn8387]

I want my next relationship to be as stable as this rocket coming in for a landing.

[@PhillipShadid1981]

A million things could go wrong. None of it did. This is a milestone in human history.

[@EasilyDistractedDave]

I agree, it's very impressive

[@thatoneguy611]

Through Falcon 9 and the first starship tests, they had a pretty solid foundation

[@kimghanson]

I've watched this so many times and it's still delightful.

[@Scorpion_13]

Это чудо, высший пилотаж и уровень развития 📈 ракетной техники, электроники, навигации, и всего что только есть в мире! Браво 👏 Илон, браво!

[@FloofyTanker]

Hopefully Roscosmos can go back to being allies again

[@robertfish4052]

Technically the most impressive feat! Good work .

[@kothapavankumar1790]

It's like video reversed for rocket launch. Marvelous engineering and achievement Hats off for the engineers and the VISION to make it possible