Elon Musk: Catching Starship With Chopsticks Is “Banana Stuff”

Elon Musk on catching Starship's booster and ship: “This is banana stuff.”

“Instead of putting landing legs on the booster and ship, we are going to catch them with the tower to save the weight of the landing legs.

We're talking about catching the largest flying object ever made on a giant tower with chopstick arms. It's like Karate Kid with the fly, but much bigger.

Pulling something like that probably won't work the first time. This is bananas. This is banana stuff.”

Lex Fridman Podcast, December 28, 2021