Posted on 10/23/2024 11:49:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What if a rocket could return to its launch tower -- and be caught? This happened for the first time 10 days ago, after a SpaceX Starship rocket blasted off from its pad in Boca Chica, Texas, USA. Starship then split, as planned, with its upper stage landing in the Pacific Ocean. The big difference was the lower stage, Super Heavy Booster 12, was caught by its launch tower about 7 minutes later. Catching a rocket for reuse is a new and innovative way to help reduce the cost of rocket flight by making rockets more easily reusable. Starship rockets may be used by NASA in the future to send spacecraft to Earth orbit, the Moon, and even other planets.
Today's image is a video with narration and telemetry from SpaceX at the source link.
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Today's image is a video with narration and telemetry from SpaceX at the source link.
Yeah, that’s neat and all, but I hear NASA is going to be sending a black lesbian squirrel to the ISS in a couple of years.
No ping received today, so found the post by title search. Did I fall off the list?
Sorry, the ping list may not have pasted properly. I will check and ping if it did not go out. Thanks for letting me know.
Pinging the APOD list
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Today’s image is a video with narration and telemetry from SpaceX at the source link.
Just got the ping, many thanks! These images you post are always magnificent, and I confess I was having a little bit of “withdrawal symptoms” earlier. :-)
If only we could have caught a Saturn 5 that way..
To think of all those righteous F1 engines just sitting at the bottom of the ocean.
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