<p dir="ltr">Does anyone know what the gouts of flame shooting out the side of the booster were. Obviously they didn't hurt the landing but those didn't look spec.</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 19, 2024, 4:57 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_2550278290958064094WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I spoke to a good friend and former colleague about the launch, particularly the recovery. He said the chopsticks which caught the booster tracked with the vehicle on landing, all of it part of the control system. Elon swung these chopsticks which weigh as much as a dump truck, to track with the gently descending booster.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This former colleague watched this and realized Elon just whooped our asses (he’s still working.) But he was able to just admire what a cool landing system it is.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Check this video. Is this cool or what?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/i/status/1847716589942296766" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://twitter.com/i/status/1847716589942296766</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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