Prompt to 3D: AI Rebuilds Starship Tower Catch's Last 42 Seconds Shot-for-Shot
emollick · x · 2026-11-16
Ethan Mollick demos what would have seemed impossible months ago: asking AI models to find the Starship tower catch video and rebuild its last 40 seconds as a detailed, view-switchable three.js scene.
The resulting page recreates the final 42 seconds of Ship 42's catch on Flight 15, with positions measured frame-by-frame from the webcast using the 143 m tower as a ruler. It mirrors the broadcast's camera cuts, offers 9 views (onboard, ground, drone, tower-top, etc.), syncs replay with the official webcast, and includes blueprint cut-away and thermal views.
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