Elon Musk's SpaceX scripts history! Launches and captures return of powerful rocket | Sparks joy in Indians

It may not be the usual morning for space tech enthusiasts, as Elon Musk's SpaceX has scripted history with the launch and return of the world's most powerful rocket, the Starship rocket. | (Pic: SpaceX)

The rocket was recovered using Mechazilla, the nickname for the large 400-foot rocket-catching structure at SpaceX's Starbase in South Texas. Two enormous mechanical arms, often referred to as "chopsticks," are designed to catch the Super Heavy booster in midair as it returns to Earth. | (Pic: SpaceX)

This technique has left people spellbound. This new rocket recovery method is more efficient and reusable than traditional landing techniques. SpaceX's advanced landing method reduces booster wear and tear, shortens turnaround time, and allows quick refurbishment, enhancing launch costs and mission sustainability. | (Pic: SpaceX)

Mechazilla's success has massive implications for space travel as SpaceX is improving technology making space exploration cost-effective and more accessible for everyone. | (Pic: SpaceX)

Comending and appreciating this historic space technology, industrialist Anand Mahindra asked Musk on X, "When can I buy my ticket?". "This experiment may just be the critical moment when space travel was democratised and made routine," his tweet read.

Leaving you with the visual of the powerful rocket. | (Pic: SpaceX)

This milestone is being appreciated by Indians as well, with a tad bit of sarcasm directed at our own 'achievements'! Just like appreciation comes with criticism, this Indian is comparing how the US is on the verge of planning interplanetary travel while India is yet to solve issues of encroachments, traffic and so on.

Taking a dig at urban traffic, a software engineer from Pune, as stated in his X bio, suggests that it is pointless to post about the "rockets aiming to facilitate interplanetary travel whilst sitting in an office cab for 2 hours".