SpaceX begins installing ‘Mechazilla’ arms designed to catch Starship rockets
Teslarati
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Referred to internally as ‘chopsticks,’ the giant pair of steel arms will join a third ‘quick disconnect’ (QD) arm tasked with stabilizing Super Heavy during Starship installation and feeding the reusable upper stage power, comms links, and some 1200 tons (~2.65M lb) of propellant.
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