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A hot staging thing [Daily Hopper]

New comic by @daily_hopper

#spacex #space #starship #ift5 @spaceflightmemes

(Slight misspelling noted: Asterix is a French comic book character. *Asterisk* is likely the intended word)

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[โ€“] Zer0_F0x 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone tracked it until splashdown, so by using the camera angle and landmarks they can pinpoint the exact position it fell in and fish it out, it was pretty close to shore!

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

and fish it out

It appears that SpaceX have sent HOS Ridgewind to do exactly that: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/14548731 (see "Maritime" section)