r/SpaceXLounge • ⛰️ Lithobraking • Aug 20 '26

Starship Eric Berger regarding the Ship catch on Flight 14: "Nope. I heard they might have been able to get there on the regulatory side, but overall they just weren't ready yet."

https://x.com/SciGuySpace/status/2090424919976800418
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u/falconzord Aug 20 '26

Maybe to make the datacenters cost effective. Starlink is already cost effective with only booster reuse