[systemvoltage]

Closeup of chopsticks as they were catching the booster, best clip from Everyday Astronaut's livestream: https://x.com/kagurazakimoto/status/1845447451592765820

[renewiltord]

The SpaceX clip is better https://x.com/spacex/status/1845442658397049011?s=46

[systemvoltage]

Better than both, NSF's stream: https://x.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1845442658203734384

[cubefox]

And here is the most beautiful shot: https://x.com/Cosmo_556/status/1845554958604657051

[renewiltord]

It genuinely was. Thanks for that!

[systemvoltage]

Insane!

[nomilk]

I'd never considered a 70m tall chunk of mostly metal "agile", but the way it's controlled into the arms so precisely is something to behold.

[systemvoltage]

Do you know what the entire booster is hanging off of? It can't be the fins. How is the load transferred to the arms?

[grecy]

The booster landed on "pins" that are structural load points and designed to support it's weight.

Here is a brilliant profile shot looking down one of the "arms" after the catch today, you can clearly see it resting on the "pins", not the grid fins.

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F7...

They also use those "pins" to raise/lower it with a crane when they need to during construction and during transport to the launch tower. It's the primary mode of lifting the thing

[bunabhucan]

There are two lifting points on opposite sides just below the fins.

[SAI_Peregrinus]

The grid fins are what it's hanging off of.

[systemvoltage]

https://x.com/marionawfal/status/1845351598874120662

I dug into it, found this clip. Elon says that it’s those two tiny knubs! Saw a few pictures and yes, I confirm, it’s not the grid fins.

[nomilk]

Great find. Still image from the video: https://imgur.com/a/3VHsZV9

[93po]

that is a ridiculous amount of weight held by such a small thing

[db48x]

Small is relative. They’re about 7 inches in diameter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub6HdADut50