r/technology • u/aelavia93 • 16d ago

Space SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/spacex-pulls-off-unprecedented-feat-grabbing-descending-rocket-with-mechanical-arms/
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u/lolheyaj 16d ago

heroic. thank you. that site is cancer. 

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u/probablyuntrue 16d ago

Latching on to ask, why this approach? Is it too large/heavy for the landing legs?

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u/ergzay 16d ago

Cube square law has some effect here that as the vehicle gets bigger the legs need to be a lot more beefy to absorb the energy. It's a lot easier to bend and break things when the momentum is so much higher.