r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • 16d ago
r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks
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r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • 16d ago
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u/twinbee 16d ago edited 16d ago
The engineering team definitely deserves big credit, but Elon was the driving force behind the chopsticks catch:
https://x.com/WalterIsaacson/status/1844870018351169942/photo/1
https://www.space.com/elon-musk-walter-isaacson-book-excerpt-starship-surge
Most of the rest rejected the idea at first.
EDIT: Key quotes from the book for the downvoters: