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Elon Musk shares footage of a new circular clamp retraction mechanism for the Starship launch pad

The mechanism features over 20 numbered blue-gray hydraulic panels.

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Elon Musk shares footage of a new circular clamp retraction mechanism for the Starship launch pad

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Positive users praise SpaceX's new clamp retraction mechanism on the Starship launch pad for its impressive engineering and sci-fi excitement, while negative users criticize Elon Musk personally and SpaceX business practices.

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Beef Heart@FlannelMeatballTECH

@AdrianDittmann It's awesome they're giving SpaceX bag holders another chance to dump that pile of debt on someone else with this fresh hype.

Bud Leiser@budleiserTECH

@elonmusk WHAT VIDEO GAME IS THIS!? MAN WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!!!

Ri Zen@RiZen247TECH

@AdrianDittmann That's Insanely brilliant! LFG 🚀🚀🚀

Wazz@Wazz9391TECH

@elonmusk Reproduces like a rodent

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Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特🐋铁粉 2023 – ∞)@teortaxesTexTECH

This is striking cinematography but, really, that's table stakes for infrastructure. Ship engines, thermal and hydro power plants, steel, oil, tunneling… it's all like this. Elon is singular in forcing through *new kinds of major infrastructure* as a private entrepreneur. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2075795264627933276