How SpaceX Caught A Rocket From Space!

The 5th full stack flight of Starship will be absolutely ridiculous! SpaceX is attempting to catch Starship’s Super Heavy booster, out of the sky after it's flown to space, with a giant robotic tower.

Today we’ll go over the hardware involved, the flight profile, what exactly we can expect and perhaps most importantly, WHY SpaceX is trying to catch the largest rocket ever built in the first place.

00:00 - Intro
01:00 - The Plan
09:45 - Sponsor
11:10 - Why
14:25 - Final Thoughts

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[Jeb_bezos]

Either way this will be one of the most memorable flight tests

[neoey]

coming back to this video, just after they caught it on the first try is absolutely insane

[dandymcgee]

If they succeed, it's revolutionary, if they fail, it's spectacular. It's a win-win.

[nekrugderzweite]

i really love these calm, explainative videos!

[SFSStarman]

This is going to be one of the the most interesting and important moments in spaceflight history

Godspeed Starship

[TheHeavenman]

Wow I miss analysis of this kind from you Tim ! No one does it like you do .

[jcoxdj]

This short 10-15 minute informative content is the reason I subscribed to your channel 6 years ago. Please make more of it again. I don’t have time to watch 1 hour videos

[sadboidex]

the thing with the deluge is if that cold plate gets any damage from those engines they have to be replaced. firing the deluge ensures no debris enters those holes and to prevent any material oblation

[IIlIIllII]

The sound, the music, the mixing, perfect leveling. Your voice is clearly heard over the music, the music completely matches the theme of your channel, is has a decent bass as well. This also goes for the rest of the video, where you talk over launch sounds etc. I know this comment is petty, but I am just literally completely impressed.

[JAGFG]

It’s honestly just the most hardcore way of weight savings there is, the booster has no deployment legs, so instead of crushing the rockets if they tried to land it, they are just gunna catch it. Maximum performance to weight ratio.. I love it.

[InventingThings]

its a good day when tim uploads a new video

[remsmith]

Let’s not forget that attempting to catch the starship booster: it’s a prototype, and bring a prototype it’s a planned learning event …failure is a learning event.

[ryanquinn]

With the decline of NASA missions I really didn’t have much hope for space travel / science but man does SpaceX make the space kid in me so giddy.
If they fail it’s merely a setback not a failure because it’s all progress.

[RyanKingArt]

Looking forward to seeing this happen!!!

[moonasha]

the fact this might actually happen is insane. I fully expect a giant explosion or something along those lines. But if they actually pull it off, it'll be one of the greatest achievements in rocketry

[jordanteichroeb]

Can’t wait to watch this after work. Getting pretty hyped for Sunday!!!!

[thlee]

3:01 seeing this irl is one of the coolest things

[colinhawkins]

Those moments where your jaw hits the floor because something unbelievable is happening during a Starship launch are the best. Lots of potential for those in this launch. Sunday can't come fast enough.

[DogmaFaucet]

If they get the GO to attempt the catch, I think they have a good chance. It's the Starship reentry that required exploring new regimes of plasma physics, so I think that is technically much more difficult. Catching the booster is more of an epically cool stunt though.

[rg]

I honestly think they have a good chance of catching it, if they go for the catch attempt this time. I saw Ift1 & 2 in person, every time they've learned and gotten better from every launch. It truly is inspiring watching what many would seem impossible become regular