Starship stacked with Mechazilla

[titch2k6]

Well, for all those who laughed at Elon on his proposal to build a custom crane that will lift Starship onto Booster, and to catch them upon re-entry - well, SpaceX has only gone and done it (the lift, anyway).

Starship 20 was lifted with Mechazilla in the early hours of today and placed on top of Booster 4, with the QDA (Quick Disconnect Arm) activated to steady the stack and pressurise S20 to maintain structural integrity.

Elon Musk and SpaceX are holding a Starship presentation this evening at 20:00 CST for anyone interested.

 

[7Critter]

Cool. Here is a videography of how Mechazilla was assembled.

 

[Lynne]

Wow what an amazing jump we are making without the govt limitations. Privatizing space travel seems to really accelerated the process.