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Starship Flight 7

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charles_f ◴[] No.42731872[source]
That "landing" (is it still considered a landing if it's chopsticked a few meters before it touches the ground?) is so unnatural it almost looks fake. So big and unimaginable that it feels like watching fx on a movie!

The close-up camera right after was interesting, I thought it captured on the grid fins, but it looks like there are two small purpose-built knobs for that.

The times we live in!

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1. noneeeed ◴[] No.42736853[source]
I found the same when the first Falcon Heavy executed the simultaneous booster landing. Watching them both come down, within moments of each other at neighbouring pads was incredibly cool.

Its sad that Gerry Anderson never got to see this. It's like something from a Thunderbirds episode.