Catching the Starship upper stage means fully reusable rockets are basically solved
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On Flight 15 the tower caught Ship 42, the Starship upper stage, for the first time after it deployed 26 Starlink satellites and spent about 22 hours in orbit. The booster had a guidance issue and splashed down in the Gulf instead of getting caught. Space X is calling it the moment full reusability became real. Skeptics say one catch isn't the same as flying the same ship again quickly and cheaply, and the booster missed its catch this time. Is full reuse solved, or is that getting ahead of it?
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solved is when they refly that exact ship in a couple weeks. still insane to watch though