(cont'd from yesterday's post)
It looks harder to catch a rocket in mid-air, like SpaceX wants to do on its next test flight of Starship, than to just land it in the normal way (which they did in test flight #4).
So I had some questions: what kind of super-precision is this operation going to take? can Super Heavy hover in the air? can the grid fins really support that huge rocket?
If you wonder about these questions as well, and have more, you'll enjoy this video which answers this question: Why has SpaceX chosen to catch Super Heavy in mid-air, by the launch tower, before it can land on the ground?
Note: the video has commercial advertisement
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