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Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by markdown on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @03:29PM (#48560650)
> catching the largest booster ever built with “chopsticks”

I've heard this often. It's not what happens. More correct to say that engineers (not Musk) got a booster to land in a pre-specified spot. The "chopsticks" aren't waving around to catch anything flying by. The booster comes to them.

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Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by rlt on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @03:53PM (#48561006)
LMAO, ok, how about “precisely landing the largest flying structure ever built such that it could be grabbed by two mechanical arms attached to the launch pad”?

That will make it clear it’s not actually a giant Mechazilla robot reaching out to grab the booster using literal chopsticks where ever it happens to come down.

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Re:SpaceX to buy Cursor AI coding agent operator Anysphere f... by markdown on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @04:51PM (#48561895)
Perfect!
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