> Pure technically speaking, if you can fly a rocket up and control it properly, whats the crazy thing flying a rocket back down and controlling it?

It only took the entire existence of humanity to reach this point.

I'm not willing to hand-wave that away as some kind of technologically-obvious conclusion.

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origini 2 hours ago | parent [-]

"It only took the entire existence of humanity to reach this point." as everything else.

EUV required genuine new engineering for an example.

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motionlessveloc an hour ago | parent [-]

To pick just one achievement among many, the Raptor engines on the Starship are literally revolutionary. First ever full-flow staged combustion engine, designed for both extreme reliability and cheap mass production, even the fuel they use (methalox) had never been tried at this scale.

	▲	origini an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I agree with the engineering of Raptor engines, fair and square but does that have anything to do with catching ar ocket?