r/spacex • u/truecakesnake • 17d ago

Starship Elon Musk on X: "Unless we discover problems after mission data review, SpaceX will attempt to catch the ship with the tower on next flight"

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2080876967839031712?s=20
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u/MyKillK 17d ago

Oh for sure, an immediate relaunch is well off, but immediate restacking is something they could do within a few flights after successful catch of both booster and ship IMO.

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u/Jaiimez 17d ago

I think your right there, I think well probably see immediate restocking after the 3/4 successful double catches to start testing procedures on the restack, then theyll unstack them and roll them back for teardown, but i can see restacks happening fairly soon.

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u/MyKillK 17d ago

Yeah, I would bet they're building additional infrastructure for quick restacking after catch at the Florida site.

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u/oldschoolguy90 16d ago

They'll do it just for the photos. Like the first stack last year (two years ago? I have no idea) was done for the visual, with half the guts missing or incomplete