Someone close my mouth please, it’s been like 10 minutes
vee_lan_cleef on
No matter what you think of Elon, the credit here all goes to the engineers at SpaceX. They are world-class, repeatedly doing things that seem absurd or even impossible, and doing them to a level of perfection no other rocket company in history has done. This truly is a new era of spaceflight.
In-All-Unseriousness on
It gave me chills. What a crazy engineering achievement.
slm_xd on
Haven’t had such chills since the old falcon days!
Adeldor on
Astonishing! Success on the first try with a plan so audacious! Being old enough to have seen Apollo – and the great night that followed – it’s so heartening to see once again such rapid progress toward true spacefaring being made.
Yepkarma on
These mf’ers are catching their Eiffel tower sized rockets with metal chopsticks while the SLS it’s both over budget and technologically stuck in the stone ages compared to this thing. Elon or not, give SpaceX all the contracts they want. I mean look at this shit. That’s rad as hell
TheAJGman on
Holy hell. I thought for sure we’d have a late termination or a partial catch resulting in a fireball.
platypodus on
It’s insanity today, normalcy in just a few years.
Truly a historic achievement.
Mhan00 on
Not only did they do it, it looked easy. I’m still in stunned disbelief.
AffectionateTree8651 on
SpaceX is going to change this world and many other world with it! We’re going to Mars baby. We’re going to Andromeda. We’re going to the stars!
gham89 on
I have a true hatred for Elon, but what SpaceX are doing is absolutely incredible and I feel privileged to be able to watch live.
Iwanttolink on
Insane. We are so back (in space). This is a bigger and better rocket than Saturn 5.
CmdrAirdroid on
This is the most impressive thing I’ve seen from SpaceX so far, I’m shaking. For a moment it looked like it was gonna hit the tower but it was just the camera angle, this was a huge success.
spaghettilogic38 on
Knowing they were going to try it didn’t prepare me for seeing it! I’m still shaking. And the joy you could hear from the SpaceX folks on the livestream, my god it’s well earned. Incredible.
Resvrgam2 on
I don’t know how they make these historic events seem so easy. Great job, SpaceX team.
redstercoolpanda on
Wonder what caused that fire. It didn’t look like any of the engines failed to me.
Citrus_Tree on
THEY FUCKING DID IT!!!!!!!!!! That was amazing!
Ok-Beyond-201 on
I guess.. Elon will become indeed the worlds first trillionaire.
PerAsperaAdMars on
I can’t believe no company has yet repeated the Falcon 9’s achievement of propulsive booster landing. And SpaceX has already taken the next technological step!
Coramoor_ on
That was the most insane thing I’ve ever seen
dexterthekilla on
Congrats to all the engineers who do the real work to make this happen
rakesh-69 on
No way, the re-entry and catch both were surreal. I can’t imagine how a whole booster did that. I remember reading about spacex’s first landing for the first time when I was a teenager. And didn’t believe it until I watched the video.
H-K_47 on
For reference, the SuperHeavy Booster is 71 metres (232 feet) tall, 9 metres (29.5 feet) wide, and weighs 275 tonnes. And they caught it falling out of space (100+ km) with robot arms. Truly one of the craziest things in spaceflight ever.
QP873 on
Technically this makes Starship currently as reusable as Falcon 9, right? The only thing it haven’t done is a deorbit burn which, as show by the Hera mission, isn’t technically a requirement.
pureformality on
Absolutely fooking insane, hats off to SpaceX, wow wow wow
ThorAlex87 on
My money was on crashing into the arms/tower/pad… Holy crap that went perfect!
fghjconner on
Absolutely insane. My brain knew logically that if SpaceX thought they could catch it, they probably could, but it wasn’t until seeing the booster in the chopsticks that I really *believed* it was possible.
Raketenelch on
Holy shit that was insane. What an incredible engineering achievement.
ElWanderer_KSP on
That was absolutely insane, that it worked first time. I was expecting a big kaboom.
Lyconi on
Best thing aside from this remarkable engineering feat is that I haven’t seen leon’s fat mug at all yet.
sosaudio on
I know that took a monumental effort to build, but that looked so easy!! What a time to be alive.
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Someone close my mouth please, it’s been like 10 minutes
No matter what you think of Elon, the credit here all goes to the engineers at SpaceX. They are world-class, repeatedly doing things that seem absurd or even impossible, and doing them to a level of perfection no other rocket company in history has done. This truly is a new era of spaceflight.
It gave me chills. What a crazy engineering achievement.
Haven’t had such chills since the old falcon days!
Astonishing! Success on the first try with a plan so audacious! Being old enough to have seen Apollo – and the great night that followed – it’s so heartening to see once again such rapid progress toward true spacefaring being made.
These mf’ers are catching their Eiffel tower sized rockets with metal chopsticks while the SLS it’s both over budget and technologically stuck in the stone ages compared to this thing. Elon or not, give SpaceX all the contracts they want. I mean look at this shit. That’s rad as hell
Holy hell. I thought for sure we’d have a late termination or a partial catch resulting in a fireball.
It’s insanity today, normalcy in just a few years.
Truly a historic achievement.
Not only did they do it, it looked easy. I’m still in stunned disbelief.
SpaceX is going to change this world and many other world with it! We’re going to Mars baby. We’re going to Andromeda. We’re going to the stars!
I have a true hatred for Elon, but what SpaceX are doing is absolutely incredible and I feel privileged to be able to watch live.
Insane. We are so back (in space). This is a bigger and better rocket than Saturn 5.
This is the most impressive thing I’ve seen from SpaceX so far, I’m shaking. For a moment it looked like it was gonna hit the tower but it was just the camera angle, this was a huge success.
Knowing they were going to try it didn’t prepare me for seeing it! I’m still shaking. And the joy you could hear from the SpaceX folks on the livestream, my god it’s well earned. Incredible.
I don’t know how they make these historic events seem so easy. Great job, SpaceX team.
Wonder what caused that fire. It didn’t look like any of the engines failed to me.
THEY FUCKING DID IT!!!!!!!!!! That was amazing!
I guess.. Elon will become indeed the worlds first trillionaire.
I can’t believe no company has yet repeated the Falcon 9’s achievement of propulsive booster landing. And SpaceX has already taken the next technological step!
That was the most insane thing I’ve ever seen
Congrats to all the engineers who do the real work to make this happen
No way, the re-entry and catch both were surreal. I can’t imagine how a whole booster did that. I remember reading about spacex’s first landing for the first time when I was a teenager. And didn’t believe it until I watched the video.
For reference, the SuperHeavy Booster is 71 metres (232 feet) tall, 9 metres (29.5 feet) wide, and weighs 275 tonnes. And they caught it falling out of space (100+ km) with robot arms. Truly one of the craziest things in spaceflight ever.
Technically this makes Starship currently as reusable as Falcon 9, right? The only thing it haven’t done is a deorbit burn which, as show by the Hera mission, isn’t technically a requirement.
Absolutely fooking insane, hats off to SpaceX, wow wow wow
My money was on crashing into the arms/tower/pad… Holy crap that went perfect!
Absolutely insane. My brain knew logically that if SpaceX thought they could catch it, they probably could, but it wasn’t until seeing the booster in the chopsticks that I really *believed* it was possible.
Holy shit that was insane. What an incredible engineering achievement.
That was absolutely insane, that it worked first time. I was expecting a big kaboom.
Best thing aside from this remarkable engineering feat is that I haven’t seen leon’s fat mug at all yet.
I know that took a monumental effort to build, but that looked so easy!! What a time to be alive.