SpaceX catches returning Starship with giant mechanical chopsticks for the first time
Kyrannio · x · 2026-11-15
SpaceX has, for the first time in human history, caught a spaceship returning from orbit using giant mechanical chopsticks. The author quips that civilization's tech tree has reached the point where science fiction writers start looking like they lacked ambition.
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