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SpaceX launches starship Mega-Rocket and catches its booster in midair on first try.(www.smithsonianmag.com)

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CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work
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They could have tried again with another booster and landing pad.

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CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work
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Trying again doesn’t necessarily mean trying again right away.

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deltapi@lemmy.world
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I think you’ve got too many zeros on your price estimate, no? The tower is huge, but there’s no way it costs five hundred million dollars.

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The landing pad wasn’t really at risk. If they had hit it it would have been relatively low speed, by the time it was at the catch attempt it was at like 30 km/h or something. Hitting a big steel object at that speed would have probably done more damage to the booster than anything else

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