The booster landed on "pins" that are structural load points and designed to support it's weight.
Here is a brilliant profile shot looking down one of the "arms" after the catch today, you can clearly see it resting on the "pins", not the grid fins.
They also use those "pins" to raise/lower it with a crane when they need to during construction and during transport to the launch tower. It's the primary mode of lifting the thing
grecy|1 year ago
Here is a brilliant profile shot looking down one of the "arms" after the catch today, you can clearly see it resting on the "pins", not the grid fins.
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F7...
They also use those "pins" to raise/lower it with a crane when they need to during construction and during transport to the launch tower. It's the primary mode of lifting the thing
bunabhucan|1 year ago
SAI_Peregrinus|1 year ago
systemvoltage|1 year ago
I dug into it, found this clip. Elon says that it’s those two tiny knubs! Saw a few pictures and yes, I confirm, it’s not the grid fins.