SpaceX’s Giant ‘Chopsticks’ Catch Rocket Midair!



SpaceX just did the unthinkable—catching a rocket booster midair with massive ‘chopstick’ arms! This breakthrough means …

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  1. well catching it in mid air doesn't really make it "easier to reuse the booster". Catching it means it doesn't need landing struts. As Musk said, they are leaving the mass of the landing hardware on the ground so they don't have to lift it. All it has is those little nubs on the top which stop it from slipping through the arms. Rockets are all about weight. Any weight you leave off is weight you don't have to lift, which means extra fuel you don't have to carry to lift that weight and the weight of the extra fuel.

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