[Meatloaf] Impressive New Rocket-Booster Recovery Tech from Space-X

[barry kroner]

Here's a little more detail about the 'catch'.  Maybe an excess fuel 
bleedoff or something...

https://futurism.com/the-byte/close-up-spacex-starship-launch


On 10/14/2024 8:09 PM, Jeff Hayas wrote:
> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
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> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> For great justice.
>   
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> On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 at 17:06, pt <mnemotronic at gmail.com> wrote:
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>     Definitely impressive.  I only wish the youtube video had
>     explained all the flames coming out the side of the rocket.
>
>     And can you imagine the heat blast that the pad below the rocket
>     has to endure?
>
>     *What happens if the booster gets a bit off-kilter as it's being
>     snagged and the engines point at the base of the tower for a
>     second or so??*
>
> *
> *
> *Perhaps the Space-X bean-counters said "We'll fix that in the field." *
> ( But probably not. They seem to be quite good at continuous rapid 
> prototyping with constant design changes to improve performance and 
> reliability. )
> Also, Space-X is NOT a publicly traded company, and thus they have no 
> incentive to /"cut costs to boost the stock price". /
> Too bad the rest of American corporations don't operate the same way.
>
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