She's looking a little beat up with midding aerocovers, protection paint, and I think chipped engine bells
Overall a really good condition for a first landing!!
Look at this shot showing the Booster's shockwave propagating through the atmosphere!
If you look closely, there are two wave fronts which I believe are the separate shockwaves created by both the bottom of the booster and the top of the booster/grid fins.
Everyone who proposed this idea endlessly in my DMs for the last 4 years can finally rest!
Turns out it worked pretty well! A little toasty…but definitely an impressive result for the first attempt
There aren't enough people talking about the dozens of Dan Huot's clones all over Starbase. I swear to God they have a section in the StarFactory that produces them by the dozens!
It's probably the second best thing in Starbase, after the Starship launches.
Successful new way to catch a reusable rocket.
Despite the black smoke pouring out the top, a cross-grid of wires on a barge snagged China's Long March 10B for the first time. Saves having to lift the weight of landing gear.
For the very first time, China has landed a rocket's first stage after boosting its second stage and payload up into orbit, this one on the maiden flight of the Long March 10B. The list grows... Falcon 9, Starship, New Glenn, and now Long March 10B.
@wasphyxiation Elimination rounds onward in the World Cup are like the last few episodes of Angel Beats.
Everyone is gone. One by one. Until there's only one left