Why SpaceX catching Starship will change everything about space travel
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- Oct 14, 2024
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Published Oct 14th, 2024 6:06PM EDT
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It isn’t a secret that SpaceX has big plans for Starship, its massive mega-rocket, which has so far seen five test flights since April of last year. As the largest rocket ever created, Starship is a behemoth that will play a vital part in the ongoing endeavors to send humanity to other planets. This past weekend, SpaceX completed the first of hopefully many Starship booster catches, and that will change everything about the future of space travel.
Starship has had a bit of a rocky journey since its first launch ended in a mid-flight explosion. Since then, SpaceX has worked out some of the kinks and completely four additional test flights, with the latest flight taking place on Sunday, October 13. While the second, third, and fourth flights were impressive in their own rights—and all “successes,” according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, this fifth flight did something different.
This time around, SpaceX endeavored to catch the Starship rocket booster as it fell to the ground. But, instead of simply letting it land autonomously on a boat out at sea, SpaceX upped the ante a bit, having the tower that Starship launched off catch the booster in a series of mechanical arms. This showcases a huge feat that will completely change the face of human space travel going forward.
The tower has caught the rocket!!
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