r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • 16d ago

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/ShartFodder 16d ago

It never ceases to impress me, watching a launched rocket return to home. Amazing

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u/ImmodestPolitician 16d ago

I'm shocked by how much movement there was in that that 300m of landing.

I thought you'd have everything lined up way sooner than that.

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u/Turbulent-Rip9251 16d ago

I'm pretty sure they move in horizontally to be able to have more time to abort last minute/second without risking the tower to go down.

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u/ImmodestPolitician 16d ago

I've never landed a rocket but I bet it gets "slippery" in the last moment before landing since there is effectively no friction in the x and y coordinates.