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[sono]

Another awesome crowd reaction video

 

[kittoo]

I would like to just comment that Elon was the one pushing the team to try the chopsticks capture approach, many of the people at SpaceX thought it wasn't a good idea

Could you please point me to some place where I could read about alternative approaches and pros and cons etc?

 

[BlackTron]

Could you please point me to some place where I could read about alternative approaches and pros and cons etc?

Hot take, you'd probably need a degree to comprehend it.

 

[captainnapalm]

I think what makes Musk so amazing is that his goals are so incredibly ambitious that even if he can't meet them - what he does achieve is still better than what anyone else can manage. When your goal is to start a civilization on Mars, you simply have to achieve incredible feats to get anywhere close to it.

 

[RJMacready73]

Never ceases to amaze me that Americans can be simultaneously the brightest most incredible humans on the planet giving us shit like Starship and then you have the MAGA/Evangelical crowd at the polar opposite end, ye's are a crazy diverse bunch of bastards

 

[sono]

That team are rewriting how you do engineering projects at scale from project management downwards

 

[GC_DALBEN]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Could you please point me to some place where I could read about alternative approaches and pros and cons etc?

 

[Ovek]

I love how SpaceX absolutely shames the fuck out of the old established aerospace industry.

And by the sounds of things Elon is the deadlock breaker for major decisions. If it wasn’t for him the engineering teams might very well still be arguing about using the tower or even worse trying to sabotage each other which is a classic Boeing and Microsoft corporate speciality.

 

[Insane Metal]

Absolutely amazing.

 

[twilo99]

I was sure the rocket was careening into the tower at the last second before it straightened out. The control algorithms must be incredible for the landing system to work within those small tolerances...

If you listen to the media non of this should be possible since Musk is... whatever narrative they are trying push now I don't even know, but in reality what we have here is someone who understands how important engineering talent is and how to cultivate it, which is becoming extremely rare these days.

 

[Zathalus]

I was sure the rocket was careening into the tower at the last second before it straightened out. The control algorithms must be incredible for the landing system to work within those small tolerances...

If you listen to the media non of this should be possible since Musk is... whatever narrative they are trying push now I don't even know, but in reality what we have here is someone who understands how important engineering talent is and how to cultivate it, which is becoming extremely rare these days.

Well that’s the dumbest comparison ever.

 

[EviLore]

Wholesome

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Wholesome

While he had her there, it was probably the perfect opportunity to show her how far gaming had come since Super Mario World.

 

[FunkMiller]

Elon truly has some geniuses working for him.

 

[RJMacready73]

Elon truly has some geniuses working for him.

correct, he can afford to pay for the best and rather importantly swallow up absolutely enormous RnD costs, it also helps that he's anti-establishment and has a fuck you attitude, all of which are needed to propel us towards a space faring species. I may not agree with the man and his views (all he time) but by fuck i'm glad he's out there doing what he's doing

 

[twilo99]

correct, he can afford to pay for the best and rather importantly swallow up absolutely enormous RnD costs, it also helps that he's anti-establishment and has a fuck you attitude, all of which are needed to propel us towards a space faring species. I may not agree with the man and his views (all he time) but by fuck i'm glad he's out there doing what he's doing

Few good points in here:

 

[BlackTron]

Wholesome

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Elon truly has some geniuses working for him.

He's a pretty smart dude himself. I know people despise him for various things but he deserves some credit other than just hiring smart people.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

 

[Hrk69]

This and the 2 boosters landing (for the first time) feel like sci-fi

Amazing stuff really

 

[Ammogeddon]

The booster catch keeps reminding me of this gif for some reason.

 

[Hookshot]

I know it worked and I know adding legs to them would require an entire rebuild of the designs but even if its flawless for the next 100 years, catching them like this won't ever not seem like a dumb idea to me.