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toephu2 on June 6, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexic...

How do they recover the booster? It doesn't sink to the bottom of the sea?

dave78 on June 6, 2024 [–]

They are not recovering it this time. Once they demonstrate that it can achieve a controlled "landing" at sea, then they will move on to trying to land it back at the launch site.

jantissler on June 6, 2024 | [–]

Man, that will be spectacular.

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