Episoooooode 203!
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For the first time, we have the means to fully explain how and why SpaceX will try to catch the largest rocket ever built out of midair. So, let’s answer those questions and walk the whole nine yards. How and why does SpaceX catch a Super Heavy Starship booster?
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ROFL! You have to think in large Manley's. Very large ones! Yeah, you're right. It was an editing mistake and a funny one too. I just looked at Steffi (edited it) and said "Look Honey! We invented the lightest orbital class rocket booster ever!"
2022-01-22 20:38:58 +0000 UTCThank you, Sammy!!! :)
2022-01-22 20:37:22 +0000 UTCNot at all. It was an editing mistake. copied the wrong value into the text block. I laughed so loud when I saw it and immediately edited the pinned comment under the public version of the video. A Falcon 9 booster has a dry mass of around 22 tons. :D So, completely on us and you're very right!
2022-01-22 20:37:06 +0000 UTCAbsolutely! Good point! Thank you, Steve!
2022-01-22 20:35:30 +0000 UTCSaturday evening, and I have some time to write answers! So, the cost reduction is not essential, as Starships will have far more significant cost reduction every launch just by being fully reusable. What will a Mechazilla cost? Even if it's 100 million, and I don't think so, it would be paid for after 4-5 launches. A Falcon 9 costs SpaceX around 25 million per launch. A Starship is supposed to reduce this down to 2.5 million per launch. So, what it comes down to is rapid reusability and full reusability. For those goals, the catch attempt does make sense! I should have mentioned the cost factor on the Episode! Thanks for bringing it up, James! :)
2022-01-22 20:34:56 +0000 UTC550kg isn’t correct. That’s only 6 Scot Manley’s
Gerard Hammond
2022-01-21 22:07:28 +0000 UTCLike F9 Booster landings, I am so looking forward to watching a Superheavy Booster do it's thing IRL. Great episode as always Team WAI.
2022-01-21 21:35:04 +0000 UTCEmpty Falcon 9 first stage weighs only 550 kg?!
Steve Ehrmann
2022-01-21 21:13:37 +0000 UTCThere's yet another reason to use Mechazilla and the Chopsticks: wind. If the landed booster were to be lifted by a conventional crane, it probably couldn't be moved unless the air was calm; the multi-point grip of Mechazilla can work in less favorable conditions.
Steve Ehrmann
2022-01-21 21:12:57 +0000 UTC
