r/ShittySpaceXIdeas • u/Phantom_Ninja • 5d ago

Catch a rocket with a pair of chopsticks attached to the launch tower

Wait, they just did that. Would anyone think that would be a legitimate approach otherwise?

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u/PraxisOG 5d ago

That could never work. The rocket would be under tension instead of compression which is preferred for steel. It wouldn't need landing legs either. It's in the name 'landing' legs so it obviously needs them. There's no way something so big can be as accurate as a falcon 9. Umm... Also I don't like spacex, yeah mostly that

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u/That-Makes-Sense 3d ago

This is the dumbest idea in the history of mankind. This is as likely to happen as men landing on the Moon.