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> so the booster lands in the middle of many chopsticks... And how exactly this requires less precision? I see multiple issues: - No way to escape/last second

by jve 2y ago

> so the booster lands in the middle of many chopsticks... And how exactly this requires less precision? I see multiple issues: - No way to escape/last second abort away from tower once you dipped into that net. - The booster arms must be longer/heavier, the tower support structure need to support more weight. - Cables have a lot less thermal mass than the tower/arms - if the torch coming out of raptor engines will touch the cable, it may either cut or soften the cables and they will behave in a different way. I mean we could have had this discussion previously but now they demonstrated on the first try that they can catch the booster... why bother?

Jugurtha 2y ago
>I mean we could have had this discussion previously but now they demonstrated on the first try that they can catch the booster... why bother? Because these things must work every time, not just the first time. Because why not talk about it, it's an interesting topic and musing about it is amusing. Because it's not a bother. I'm surprised one needs a reason, but here are three already.