WATCH: SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

The 400ft rocket blasted off at sunrise, completing its fight, and separated its first stage booster, which was caught back on the pad to applause from the team. Read more here: apne.ws/BBPUIPL
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[@CarlosKelly-r1x]

I am a structural engineer aged 60 yrs old and this is the most mind boggling thing I have ever seen it is absolutely amazing

[@mbaye501]

How about landing humans on the moon ? Have them stroll a bit hope back in their machine and travel back to earth ??

[@jeremytibbs13]

​@@mbaye501well since dude was 4 when the moon landings happened he may be fuzzy on everything that happened long ago. I didn't see the moon landing first hand either, but I have to agree with him utterly amazing what Elon has done in the past decade advancing space flight and travel.

[@jahjahjah333]

​@@jeremytibbs13maybe it's time to go back and critically look at those moon landings and the craft they used, craft technology that was "lost and would be too hard to create again", craft that looked like it was made of aluminum foil, then come back here with a MASSIVE grain of salt.

[@jeremytibbs13]

@@jahjahjah333 I'm not going to dispute. I'm not old enough to have been alive at the time but too old to want to try to debate. If we did ever go to the moon I doubt I will see anything of that magnitude again in my lifetime. I personally am unsure as well ...

[@robertthomas9564]

@@mbaye501 I haven't been this excited about space flight since I was 9yrs old watching live on our b&w tv, Armstrong&Aldrin taking their 1st steps on the moon.

[@dewayneblue1834]

Starship is absolutely gargantuan, and by far the most powerful rocket ever built. The fact that its huge, 240 foot tall first stage, can be gently caught for re-use, has mind-boggling implications for the economics of space flight.

[@SteveJohnson-p5c]

i would be shocked if the engines are re-usable after that. The bottom of the rocket nearly melted itself apart

[@dewayneblue1834]

@@SteveJohnson-p5c Not much of an issue. Much of that burning is residual fuel, not the actual engine.They had a similar situation with engines on early Falcon9 flights, now they can handle 20+ flights. And the uprated Raptor v.3.0 engines are just beginning to enter production.

[@atlesifeyst2185]

​@SteveJohnson-p5c the falcon 9 engines get just as hot, glowing as well. They are designed to handle 4 figure heat temps.

[@falxonPSN]

@@SteveJohnson-p5c it's a shame they are not designed to handle heat. Oh, wait.

[@mycroft16]

​@SteveJohnson-p5c it is literally designed to do that. The Merlin 1-D engines on Falcon 9 do the same thing on reentry and they have reflow boosters without engine swapouts 15+ times. Raptor is a FAR more robust engine than the Merlin. It's not going to be a problem. Amd even if it was, they are churning out a Raptor a day from the factory on site and have replacement time down to a few hours. The real concern now is looking at the vehicle for vertical stress from the catch, compression where it bounced between the arms, arm structural damage. Not too worried about pad or tower as they take the full force of liftoff. Those raptors are more likely to eat themselves than take heating damage. They are beasts.

[@recifebra3]

One of the biggest accomplishments ever achieved by any other humans! Congrats SpaceX!!!

[@J.B24]

All this rocket technology is great but we're light years away from any other star. I mean, its nice and all but not sure how its going to help us get to alpha centari.

[@xinniethep00h]

⁠​⁠@@J.B24 it’s not going to. This is meant for habitats on the moon or mars. Humans will not be venturing outside of our solar system until some major breakthroughs happen in multiple fields. Visiting Alpha Centauri is not a feasible or realistic goal atm

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

It is amazing! However, the Eagle's successful landing on our Moon *55 years ago* is the most amazing accomplishment.

[@someuser7501]

Wait..it worked? I thought the internet said Elon Musk is just a con man.. Now we can build a 2001 Space Odyssey wheeled shaped space station. Yikes!

[@xsi1verxbulletxno.288]

​@J.B24 bro what are you talking about? AC is nearly 5 light years away. it would take voyager thousands of years to get that far. it took decades just to get out of the solar system. we aren't reaching another star unless some form of faster than light travel is developed, which might never happen and probably won't happen in our lifetimes if it does at all.

[@VonnieKH]

I’m 76 and was 9 when Sputnik was launched in 1957. I have been able to watch this whole show take place since then and it’s incredible!!!

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

It is literally a "show" isn't it? Nice choice of words.

[@azucenamorales1041]

@@lightbeforethetunnelthe calculations needed to pull any of this off isn’t for “show” that’s the most idiotic statement ever lol. It’s to “show off” the most insane feat of human engineering we’ve ever seen

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

@azucenamorales1041 You don't think launching a rocket filled with multiple men ~239,000 miles to the moon, landing safely, the men getting out, playing golf, etc... then launching the rocket again, traveling ~239,000 miles back and landing safely on Earth would be more impressive? This was claimed to have been done in the 60's, not just once, but numerous times in the years following that as well. All without error or mistake. You don't think that's more impressive than THIS being claimed in 2024?

[@sailorman8668]

@@lightbeforethetunnel You should give serious consideration to changing your account name to 'darknessbeforethetunnel' People like you think they have seen the 'light', but in reality, you're just wallowing in ignorant darkness. You're probably so unhinged, that you don't even think the International Space Station is actually in orbit around the earth? Yeah, thought so.

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

@sailorman8668 If you're a Christian, I'd recommend reading what the Bible teaches for how to handle disagreements among believers regarding secondary issues such as Cosmology. You're doing the exact INVERSE of what it teaches. And if you're not a Christian, I'd recommend considering why you become so emotional over the fact that not everyone believes Heliocentrism for Cosmology like you do.

[@420]

I almost started crying. I'm not a scientist, I'm not an engineer, I didn't finish college, but this entire team shouting and cheering to show support and solidarity for this crazy cool achievement just got to me a bit. Congratulations for making it so far guys and gals.

[@alanburgess2203]

Exactly the same my friend, I shed a tear, Space X and Elon are absolutely amazing

[@-2high2fly-]

So you're just some person who cries easily 🤣

[@rambomoore381]

​@-2high2fly- or just people who's brain and capacity for understanding and achievement are far more developed than yours.

[@-2high2fly-]

@@rambomoore381 so my capacity for understanding and achievement are contingent on whether I cry or not? 🤣 I guess I'm dense for just normally admiring an achievement and not crying like a little baby

[@XxASTROxXv4]

@@-2high2fly-its called emotional intelligence btw

[@GreatMewtwo]

It still gets to me that SpaceX almost didn't make it beyond 2006. It strangely goes to show that great ideas die from lack of belief and investment.

[@thayrineoliveira9476]

One could argue that facing extreme adversity is what made Space X the company it is today.

[@GreatMewtwo]

@@thayrineoliveira9476 And that was what may have inspired Elon Musk to keep going with SpaceX those few years ago, especially when the chips were down.

[@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze]

@@GreatMewtwoMusk didn’t buy SpaceX, he founded it, he has been there from day 1 calling the shots

[@williamgunn9973]

@@GreatMewtwo Musk didn't buy SpaceX, he founded SpaceX

[@dontanton7775]

Yeah, because if humanity would have evolved to work differently, the amount of wasted trust and investment that would have been misplaced and needed elsewhere would have been our downfall. Two sides of the same coin.

[@wilsonsall]

Wow! In my lifetime. I never would have thought anything like this was even possible.

[@Ricericebaby6996]

Nerd

[@masonhidari]

@@Ricericebaby6996 is that supposed to be an own? are you the chad ?

[@Ronydoo-yv2hs]

The future of space travel is here. Science fiction is becoming a reality. Eventually, there will be spaceports, just like airports, to travel to different countries. But planets and moons colonized!

[@bobsberders9656]

Why not? Conceptually, it's pretty simple. So - "possible"? Meh. Of course it is. The actual DOING of it, is the impressive thing. The mathematics, the materials science, the control systems theory, the structural engineering - those are what are impressive here. And - actual question here - why was the "chopsticks catch" necessary, when the other boosters simply land on a barge. I know this booster is a lot bigger, but again, why can't the math, etc., of that situation apply to this one, too?

[@masonhidari]

@@bobsberders9656 weight of the legs i think , in rocketry if you can reduce the weight , you do it .

[@Schwing27]

This completely blew my mind seeing this

[@Alexander_Evans]

Our destiny is in the stars. Congratulations SpaceX team!

[@Marcus.22823]

Planet🌍

[@cube2fox]

It's called star ship, but the stars are too far away :(

[@yurisoares2596]

@@cube2fox But now is much closer.

[@drivers99]

It’s too hot inside a star

[@squirtle88]

@@drivers99 ikr i would be sweating bullets lol

[@gregcullen8744]

What an inspiration for the world. Persevering and doing what appears to be impossible. Thank you SpaceX.

[@TheQuaintHousewife]

Thank you SpaceX for demonstrating the best hug ever

[@jonathanleephotography]

This should have more attention than it’s gotten

[@JeffThatITGuy-oe3cq]

apparently our species would rather focus on gender identity and abortion policies

[@JohnDoe-pt7ru]

The mainstream media hates Elon, especially since he's on board with Trump.

[@brendentodd9360]

I agree. The problem is that most News Broadcasters are democrat based or just hate Elon, and want to silence him on his great accomplishments, and gloat over his failures. It’s a sad world we live in, where people care more about their problems rather than their world-changing accomplishments.

[@azucenamorales1041]

@@brendentodd9360or people just didn’t hear about it?

[@GripHandpan]

Boys, this is history! In 100 years, future generations will see this in a space museum!

[@Ronydoo-yv2hs]

Pretty much. Yes.

[@Utubeisazzho]

Democrats and liberals control the narrative in the history books as they see fit. Elon sided with orange man. They will see to it history is not kind

[@CeddyFeldmann]

Try 10.

[@Kshthymyla]

Probably for the next 1000 years.

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

Everyone will know space isn't real by then.

[@zzappligator]

People don't even do this with model rockets let alone the largest flying thing ever.

[@flycrew]

Look up BPS space. He actually has mimicked the Falcon. But I get your point. It's not common.

[@robertthomas9564]

@@flycrew That kid landing the model F9 was amazing. He did an excellent series explaining in detail how he accomplished it.

[@RUPEETRADER]

People don't like to waste time on useless concepts 😂😂😂

[@TheWalkingMice]

How is this a concept when its a reality? Do you even know what concept means? ​@@RUPEETRADER

[@zulualpha3551]

​@@RUPEETRADER cope from not being able to copy American engineering Come back when China can do the same instead of struggling to copy SpaceX's previous booster landing method.

[@jettycomlego]

Man this literally made me emotional.

[@SuccessFuelCorner]

Absolutely incredible. We all take aviation and aerospace engineering for granted. This is so far beyond a commercial airplane its insane. Its like starwars ships where there able to decend fast and then come back down from using boosters like these to make swift landings. So revolutionary. The engineering difference from airplanes needing runways and then speed stoppers once you land to this-full on rocket using power to make smooth landing vertically from gravity pulled drop-mind boggling

[@spaminacan100]

The tech and the minds required to make this a REALITY. Just awesome. 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥

[@jackdavis8701]

ELON

[@excessivelysalty_81]

@@jackdavis8701 More like all the engineers that are standing and cheering.

[@phillip_mcguinness7025]

@@jackdavis8701 Elon's genius is in realizing the value of the company is his people.

[@mycroft16]

The tech has been mostly around since the 60s. What lacked was modern avionics systems. The precision control of the rocket and the comm link between the tower and rocket directly to self coordinate this. Other than those two things it's all just math and mechanical equipment.

[@masonhidari]

@@mycroft16 yes , but who decided to put all of his wealth behind it ? thats right ELON MUSK .

[@paulm9500]

Wow SpaceX - This is incredible and what a genius idea

[@Xcx284]

This is nothing short from pure magic. It’s just a beautiful thing to see

[@jessicabisbee8938]

Not magic my friend. This is nothing short of thousands of hours of human minds working to achieve their vision!

[@twister8329]

@@jessicabisbee8938metaphorically speaking, I’m sure.

[@nskreviews923]

This is unbelievable , congrats SpaceX team !!

[@Kull707]

And I think it’s bigger even that that 😮

[@BennysLab-Works]

The sickest thing I've ever seen! Congrats to everyone involved.

[@dad_uchiha1707]

This was absolutely astonishing! Well done spaceX

[@RyanLynch1]

incredible energy. gives me chills. so happy to be alive for this

[@WiliiamNoTell]

63 years young. THE LAST TIME I WAS THIS EXCITED ABOUT THE SPACE RACE WAS THE APOLLO ELEVEN MOON LANDING

[@RUPEETRADER]

Moon landing was extraordinary. after 63 years with so much technical progress, people are excited over dull and easy experiments....😂😂

[@azucenamorales1041]

⁠@@RUPEETRADERyou don’t think this is cool? You’re the one not appreciating it lol. It’s 2024, we can’t jump forward in time. So for now just appreciate the time we’re living in because this is the best we got so far

[@taylorh1155]

This might genuinely be the most insane impressive thing I’ve ever witnessed

[@huynhnguyentrong3796]

A huge step in the journey of exploring space. This achievement means alot, and amazing that everyone who are not engineers or scientists actually understand how meaningful this achievement is

[@dannybell926]

Ive been following starship development along ever since the first single engine test flight of hoppy.... this brought a tear to my eyes

[@Astroverted.]

One chopstick catch for spacex, a mouthfull scoup for humanity

[@ClintLock1]

Watching this makes me tear up. What a fantastic advance. The story of humanity will not end here on earth. Imagine what people are capable of. Astounding.

[@Juliawatiwang]

Speechless……I’m amazed beyond words.

[@Zrs3820]

This is legit one of the most insane yet mind blowing things I've ever seen. The insane calculations and work having to went into get this level of accuracy. Respect to every engineer, technican and everyone in SpaceX who worked to make this sort of awesome and efficient booster system.

[@bimpena8164]

Well done Spacex!❤... you have made history again!...greetings ftom 🇵🇭❤️

[@durikeable]

wow, this is just amazing. Congratulations to SpaceX, its incredible how much progress they made in such short time.

[@DeepPurpleAreKings]

Incredible. Absolutely unbelievable. I'm so proud of Space X and its entire team....

[@markrobinson6331]

Its like watching Sci Fi being brought to life right before your eyes, amazing

[@RUPEETRADER]

This is such a basic thing.... people are amazed thinking that it is something sci fi and out of the world.😂😂😂

[@lewisner]

Have you seen the Boston Dynamics Atlas robots dancing ?

[@markrobinson2467]

Just have, very impressive ​@@lewisner

[@jameschouinard5648]

For the engineers at SpaceX, this has got to feel like your favorite team winning the super bowl for the first time from a walk-off 75 yard touchdown. Just incredible.

[@SEBTECHDIY]

Its not mechanical arm, it's MECHAZILLA!!

[@pixelwash9707]

Another term SpaceX use to describe them are "chopsticks". Very BIG chopsticks.

[@arcadiagreen150]

Hard to rely on AP to do proper reporting anymore

[@zhchbob]

no, every Chinese recognize that is a pair of chopsticks.

[@benlagging2265]

Congrats on one more first! An amazing display of engineering !!! I saw the first space launch and now I see this. Oh MY!

[@glennchartrand5411]

150 metric tons of payload into orbit with a fully reusable ship. A fully loaded American Semi Tractor-Trailer can haul about 20 metric tons.

[@Oxibase]

Imagine the sorts of space stations that could be assembled in orbit with this capability.

[@stussy8936]

Robots would be perfect for space. Coincidence?

[@RU12DV8]

To build our habitat ​@@stussy8936

[@mycroft16]

Don't forget they plan to stretch ship to 200 mT to LEO.

[@mixedmartialanarchist6469]

Imagine landing 150 metric tons of war missiles/equipment landing in a theater of war.

[@zunkman1]

I could watch this 10,000 times and be amazed every time!

[@slimtz2758]

This is more than being caught by Mechazilla's arms. It gently positioned itself and rested in the mighty welcoming arms of the solemn sentinel.

[@mycroft16]

They did exactly what Falcon 9 does. Slow itself to 0 vertical velocity at the moment of touchdown. This just did it in the air at the moment it touches the tower arms. Its actually not a difficult thing to calculate. It's just rapid and precise measurements of altitude and velocity and then engine throttle adjustments. The trick is the avionics to position accurately and the tower communicating with the ship to time the arm close properly.

[@subsume7904]

​@@mycroft16 if it's not that hard and the calculations are as simple as you say then why don't you do it Mr Smarty Pants? 🤓

[@mycroft16]

@subsume7904 I don't have to. They already did. Also, the compute power is what was lacking. Sensors and processors that can handle thousands of inputs per second and control multiple flight surfaces as well as rapidly vectorable and throttleable engines simultaneously. Again, the math and mechanical we've had for 70+ years. It was the avionics that weren't up to it yet.

[@StevenWood-r2p]

Mycroft 16 sounds like Data from Star Trek,oops,he did use a couple contractions,sorry....

[@jamesholz1151]

This has got to be the most amazing thing I've seen in a long time. It's like 50's sci-fi becoming reality!!

[@Ronydoo-yv2hs]

This is just a taste of how awesome the future will look. I look forward to space travel ahead.

[@drdrew316]

“We’re losing our stuff up here” lolol

[@saquist]

We all know what she really meant :D

[@JAUNTYJAKE]

Absolutely amazing! I kinda find it humorous seeing the crowd react like they just saw a game winning touchdown. But at the same time I don’t blame them. Well done indeed

[@btw-3006]

It’s such an incredible feat that it probably felt like winning a championship for the team who pulled this off. Historic moment

[@subsume7904]

It's because they know this is one giant step closer to saving the human race from an inevitable extinction event. One perfect meteor can end it all for us, forever, but not if we're on the Moon or Mars.

[@eleonorepoppy6904]

Actors

[@eternal_darknesss]

that couldn't be a more perfect catch for a first attempt

[@Sashowindfeather]

The absolute JOY of the control room is contagious.

[@Aspirants_7976]

Some men are just born to make changes in the world 🌍

[@TheBossEntrepreneur]

This is so beautiful, the excitement in the people cheering made cry tears of joy!

[@sangmoon2464]

One of the major things this means is that reusable large payload launches become exponentially cheaper making colonizing the Moon and Mars so much cheaper and likely to happen within our lifetime. We are going to see Starship used for all kinds of ideas that were considered too expensive before like a hotel in space or a true rotating ring shaped space station with its own pseudo gravity. We are going to see mining in space bringing more riches than the entire planet Earth has now. We may have just witnessed the beginning of the explosion of the human race into the universe.

[@tomato-v8x]

If you think people are going to colonize the moon or mars, particularly mars, you can keep on dreaming.

[@Nuke-MarsX]

@@tomato-v8x exactly the same thing people said about superheavy, saying it will never land on the arms

[@stevemattson4863]

More human garbage to be found.

[@kennetha6594]

@@tomato-v8x cope harder!

[@aaa1820-g4g]

@@tomato-v8x humans will colonize the galaxy if it can

[@ericczynszak3238]

This is literally the stuff of legends and its happening right before our eyes. History is being written. The best is yet to come

[@tcapone1734]

It is a legend and only that. You are watching fantasy land. Did you know this is a video played in reverse? The smoke is your blatant clue. The physics involved for this to occur would be impossible to overcome. You are easily fooled LOL.

[@BFey-z7q]

​​@@tcapone1734 your argument is easily broken, profen by the dact that the rocket from the start and catch look different and that the launch and the catch look different too. How can it be reversed, there is no proof for that. And your smoke argument is easily broken too, you can see the flame and smoke "bend" as the rocket falls down. From where im standing youre the one who is easily fooled

[@tcapone1734]

@BFey-z7q Ever here of a second launch? And CGI takes care of the rest. I bet you believe WTC was brought down by burning airplane fuel.

[@moejama64]

Its always the schitzos

[@FRgsxr1000]

Unbelievable SpaceX!!!!! Wow. All I can say is WOW!!

[@Anonymous-iq3kc]

This work these people do is paramount.

[@mylesdeportado2004]

This is incredible! Truly this is the kind of thing you saw in comic books!

[@FlyDren]

The fact that the yelling is thousands of people that worked on that project seeing their hard work be a success is so cool 0:37

[@literallyanf22raptor]

The indomitable human spirit

[@dpbrightful3526]

The seemingly impossible just happened. Kudos to the men, women and supporters of this project. It's progress like this that opens the floodgates to the next generation of advancements for mankind.

[@thewolfking5252]

Big Congrats to Space X team and Elon. Constantly making science fiction into Reality. It’s an exciting time.

[@MVuke84]

I'm a 40 year old and this is the most incredible thing that I have ever seen. Science fiction brought to life 👏

[@TheSebastian5978]

SpaceX has done something so many said they couldn’t. Words can’t explain how brilliant this is.

[@siddharthadas3431]

The beauty when mathematics meet physics.

[@ColwellNC1309]

What a time to be alive I think people will look back at these times and wish they had lived.

[@Steve-bo6ht]

More energy in that room than the rocket produced

[@QBAN2010]

I still watch this a few times each week. Mind blowing like nothing I have ever seen before…!!!

[@herbyraphael6774]

Wow, wow what a accomplishment done by SpaceX congrats

[@DarthVader1977]

an*

[@FungusAmungus-fl8iy]

​@@DarthVader1977omfg

[@yig_501]

The way it goes back in is insane

[@damonsmith1906]

Yall this is absolute history being made in so glad to see Elon musk vision come to reality

[@ThomasJacobz]

I used to laugh When he said he would catch the starship's booster with a chopstick in 2018. I thought he was just pumping his company valuation. I'm wrong.

[@paws4me22]

That’s the most awe inspiring thing I have seen. What an incredible feat. AMAZING!

[@israellopez7412]

It blows your mind when you get wake up by the noise and vibrations

[@hildilrs]

Where was this launch at?

[@tae5216]

@@hildilrs spaceX launch facility in Boca Chica Tx

[@vijaypadala2291]

Words like amazing, awesome, surreal should be used for such events.

[@kapibarek4897]

We were born to inherit the stars

[@awrjkf]

Except when an asteroid smashes you but other than that yes

[@Sunflower-xd6lb]

Can you stop saying "WE" like anyone in this comment section had something to do w this

[@ComradeMarx1017]

@@Sunflower-xd6lb The future of humanity benefits from all space technology. Every instance of technological innovation proves that we are capable of great things and not just sad, pathetic, and emotionally immature comments like yours.

[@Sunflower-xd6lb]

@@ComradeMarx1017 Would you like telling me what YOU'VE contributed to all of this?

[@Sunflower-xd6lb]

@@ComradeMarx1017 also please elaborate how my comment is sad,immature and pathetic

[@angefinished1504]

Das ist verrückt, ich hätte nie geglaubt dass sowas mal möglich ist! Congrats Space-X Team!

[@eleonorepoppy6904]

Because its not. We are being fooled.

[@breeze510]

Absolutely insane!

[@ngocphan-wg3ch]

That was so crazy, the rocket was like a 30 story building. Imagine being there watching live

[@bramvanworkum]

A tower catches a flying building

[@BobaPhettamine]

i can't imagine the amount of people behind the scenes that went into this happening but well done

[@DS-lk3tx]

A YEAR AGO YOU ALL WERE LAUGHING AT STARSHIP. NOW WHAT? 😂😂😂

[@Kalankit5409]

What they were saying?

[@JamesBond77]

@@Kalankit5409Basically insulting Elon Musk because they cannot stand the man. These idiots are now confused.🤣

[@wiscokiddd]

​@@JamesBond77 As a US citizen $4.6 billion dollars our tax dollars and national debt went to Muskrat in 2015 alone, the USG is officially a plutocratic kleptocratic oligarchy.

[@JamesBond77]

@@wiscokiddd Well it’s 4,6 billion dollars well spent my man. Space X is delivering results. As an American you should be proud of Space X regardless of what you think of Elon Musk. Humanity is moving forward because of men like Musk. Forget that alone, I’m willing to see past some Elon imperfections. No one is perfect on this Earth after all.

[@advanceddarkness3]

@@wiscokiddd Still better than giving it all away to finance someone elses war.

[@luan_becerra]

That was absolutely epic. Top 10 greatest company sights kind of sight.

[@johnv9594]

This must be so hard for AP to have to cover

[@chunandler]

Tears of fury

[@darylfoster7944]

Yeah, Elon bad

[@xinjiezhang4847]

I thought I was watching some kind of sci fic movie, this achievement is one of the greatest of the century

[@frankm7707]

This is how you hold an eggroll with a pair of chopsticks.

[@user-ob3gi5do1i]

No, this is how you catch a fly in mid-air with chopsticks.

[@charlesolarte7104]

@@user-ob3gi5do1i Im confused. Isnt the hard part supposed to be the directing of the flight of the booster back to the platform, and the "easy" part the catching by the arms? If the booster was out of control and the platform was mobile enough to catch it, then yea, its like catching a fly with chopsticks. But isnt this more liek catching a remote controlled fly drone (the controlling is the hard part) with a thimble (the easy part)? TIA

[@pabnckncykma1297]

​@@charlesolarte7104bruh

[@whatsbraddoingnow57]

As an electrical engineer, this is byfar the most impressive thing I have ever saw

[@BockwinkleB]

Simply amazing. See what can be accomplished when dei and esg are not barriers to innovation.

[@adu11]

The magnificence of this accomplishment is matched by the stupidity of this comment 🙄🤦🏾‍♂️

[@orochigo31]

GO SPACE X!!! Way to show everyone how it's done!! Pure Genius!

[@berniepascual4094]

And i thought Elon was crazy when he said that they plan to catch the booster with a mechanical arm. In my mind was like, wow! i can't wait for all the things it could go wrong and watch all the fireworks as it explodes. I already thought Elon is a genius but boy, was i still wrong about Elon.

[@LagoonofMystery]

No, Elon is still crazy. But the people who work for him and make this stuff happen--THEY are brilliant!

[@Bludmon88]

@@LagoonofMystery The literal people who work or have worked for him disagree with you and say Elon is extraordinary... Andrej Karpathy, Kevin Watson, Josh Boehm, Robert Zubrin etc. Perhaps instead you are the crazy one.

[@robertthomas9564]

@@LagoonofMystery Elon plays an active role guiding the efforts of that amazing team of brilliant people. He is the spark plug in the spaceX engine. Take that spark plug out of the equation and you won't see any of this. The guy is a national treasure!

[@csaa1980]

@@LagoonofMysteryhaha…typical. If you don’t think he plays a role at SpaceX, you better do some research. I will say that you don’t have a problem giving him all the credit when something fails though. lol.

[@RagulRagul-sm3kr]

Space x is the future source.

[@fahadnoor4680]

Phenomenal😮

[@ThePengu_96]

“Impressive, very nice. Lets see Nasa’s spaceship innovations”

[@hardstylerawstylelover8110]

Amazing SpaceX 👏

[@enderfox1699]

Ngl I thought they said this as a joke but ngl, this was impressive. A rocket re-navigating itself on the launch pad successfully is mind boggling

[@williammorris584]

Fired the content moderators and hired engineers.

[@scuzzytwo7556]

This is the greatest show on earth.

[@MasterMold72]

SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, has made significant strides in space exploration and has achieved remarkable milestones in a relatively short period. The company's ambitious goal of enabling human colonization of other planets has captured the imagination of people around the world. Their progress in developing reusable rocket technology and successful launches has propelled them to the forefront of the space industry. With each successful mission, SpaceX is bringing humanity one step closer to the realization of interplanetary travel and the exploration of what lies beyond Earth.

[@mixedmartialanarchist6469]

As an American, I’m glad that Space X has contracts with the United States military and no other.

[@ThomasJacobz]

@@mixedmartialanarchist6469 Imagine one of our adversaries got the blueprint of the Starship. Starship can be used as the world's largest hypersonic ICBM, which can carry five 50MT Tsar Nuclear Bomb, the most powerful nuclear bomb in the world. And Starship is precise af.

[@JasonDP2009]

What a legendary moment. Breathtaking what space X is doing.

[@PaulPaullus]

...that was too2TOO AWESOME !!!!!

[@matthewcarpenter6162]

What an accomplishment. It gave me chills to see it. Wonder if this is how our parents felt when we landed on the moon. A sense of national pride and unity.

[@fredstevens129]

wow! an actual true story from the AP!!

[@WyoSavage1976]

Not the ending they wanted I am betting😂😂😂😂

[@elmonty79beta]

Silly rabbit, AP happens to be one of the least biased news wires out there. They report on hard news and then news outlets buy their reporting and investigate further or make opinion commentary on it if they choose to.

[@wilsonsall]

@@elmonty79beta AP is very biased. Wake up man.

[@elmonty79beta]

@@wilsonsall What news org should I follow?

[@Wurtoz9643]

@@elmonty79betaall at the same time and it should average out

[@22448824]

Incredible achievement to see it come down to exactly the same position it started at. Just imagine being able to land on somewhere other than Earth . Now wouldnt that be something. We can but dream.

[@jeffengland2791]

Incredible.

[@Adzz7x]

We are witnessing history. The success of this cannot be over-established

[@adrichapoy6525]

Awesome

[@215father]

Wow just seen so amazing. Even though it's real, I was waiting on the news it was a video game. SpaceX engineers are on another level. It's been weeks later and I'm still amazed.