Anand Mahindra Mighty Impressed As SpaceX Catches Starship Booster, Asks Elon Musk For A Ticket
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- Oct 14, 2024
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SpaceX did the impossible on Sunday by catching a rocket booster falling from the sky. The historic feat was achieved using the 'Mechazilla' tower which caught Starship's 232-feet-tall Super Heavy Booster, and that too on the first attempt ever.
Congratulations poured in for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk who is pursuing the goal of achieving complete reusability of his rockets.
One of the many fans amazed by Musk's achievement is Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra who was happy to "watch history being made." Adding that this Booster catch might be the 'critical moment' in space travel, he asked Musk for a ticket on the world's biggest rocket.
And this Sunday, I’m happy to be a couch potato, if it means that I get to watch history being made.
This experiment may just be the critical moment when space travel was democratised and made routine.
Where can I buy my ticket, @elonmusk ?
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 ALSO SEE: Watch SpaceX Catch First Starship Booster Using A Tower And Get Your Mind Blown!
Apart from Mahindra, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also congratulated Musk for the achievement. "Huge congrats, have to admit, rewatched the video many times over, incredible to see!"
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson was also happy with the success as a big part of the Artemis mission hinges on Starship.
Congratulations to @SpaceX on its successful booster catch and fifth Starship flight test today! As we prepare to go back to the Moon under #Artemis, continued testing will prepare us for the bold missions that lie ahead -- including to the South Pole region of the Moon and then… https://t.co/zpj3Ht8319 — Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) October 13, 2024
"Congratulations to @SpaceX on its successful booster catch and fifth Starship flight test today! As we prepare to go back to the Moon under #Artemis, continued testing will prepare us for the bold missions that lie ahead -- including to the South Pole region of the Moon and then on to Mars," Nelson posted on X.
The launch on Sunday was Starship's fifth test flight and each of its mission has been more successful that the last one. NASA wants to use the 400-feet-tall rocket to land astronauts on the Moon as soon as 2026.
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