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YuccaGloriosa | 1 year ago

It's going to be one helluva show. Which ever way it goes. Best of luck to SpaceX

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bun_terminator|1 year ago

I don't follow these things often: How is this different than the four before?

bewaretheirs|1 year ago

First attempt to catch the booster back at the launch site.

The "mechazilla" launch tower has two "chopstick" arms which are used to pick up and stack both stages and which are intended to be able to catch the returning booster and maybe also the returning Starship upper stage.

sjm-lbm|1 year ago

This is the first time they are going to attempt to catch the booster using their launchpad.

Either you'll see one of the most impressive technical achievements in human history, or a very cool explosion.

ben_w|1 year ago

They're going to try to catch the first stage on part of its own launch tower.