Mechazilla , what is it?

๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐„๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š? 

SpaceX created a giant steel structure, 400 feet long and weighing 250 tonnes, with two big arms called chopsticks. They launched a rocket, and when the booster returned, Mechazilla’s giant chopstick arms caught it mid-air .

This incredible feat was part of SpaceX’s fifth test flight of the Super Heavy-Starship rocket . The Super Heavy booster, equipped with 33 Raptor engines, launched from SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas, facility . After separating from the Starship upper stage, the booster flipped around and headed back to the launch pad, where Mechazilla’s arms successfully caught it .

This marked a significant milestone in SpaceX’s goal of achieving rapid reusability for rockets, potentially saving millions of dollars in launch costs . Elon Musk mentioned that by next year, they might try to catch the main rocket ship . This initiative could change the entire economy of space travel, making it more efficient and sustainable.

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In video:Hardik 

With inputs from agencies

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