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80 points grecy | 2 comments | 19 Nov 24 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.401s | source
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gnarbarian ◴[19 Nov 24 22:10 UTC] No.42188646[source]▶
Any word why they scrapped the booster catch?
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1. bandyaboot ◴[19 Nov 24 22:33 UTC] No.42188805[source]▶
Whatever it was, it seems more likely that it was a booster issue than anything relating to the tower given that they were initially go for the catch. It was only during the boostback burn that they scrapped it.
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2. bandyaboot ◴[20 Nov 24 19:10 UTC] No.42197121[source]▶
The spacex website indicates that it was indeed an automated check of the tower that caused the catch to be scrapped.