Elon Musk showed off "Mechazilla."
It is located on the territory of the Starbase spaceport in the state of Texas. Its height is 140 meters.
"Mechazilla" will catch the first stage of Starship Super Heavy after returning from orbit. Starship itself is being built for flights to Mars and the Moon.
As Musk said, in the future, the process of returning the launch vehicle will take place exclusively with the help of the tower.
According to the idea of the engineers, during the landing the rocket must slow down enough to catch the aerodynamic rudders of the special boom, and the "claws" of the tower must hold it.
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