What Space X Did This Weekend Is Truly Mind Blowing

Space-X launched another starship this weekend, but what they did with the rocket booster is the one of the more amazing accomplishments in human engineering.  The rocket took off and landed at their launch facility in South Texas and this is the first time they've tried to catch the booster in midair, and they totally nailed it. The giant "chopsticks" (these big metal arms) are attached to the launch tower. Catching it in midair makes it easier to reuse the booster, so they can do back-to-back flights. The entire rocket is around 400 feet tall, and the bottom part they caught is 232 feet of that. So you can imagine how slow and expensive to move something that big from a landing pad back to a separate launchpad again. The upper stage of the rocket flew for about an hour and made a "soft landing" in the Indian Ocean. SpaceX says the chopstick idea is an essential part of building a Moon base, and landing humans on Mars. Watch and listen as people lost their minds at how amazing this catch was...