I geek out over this stuff

Absolutely remarkable. Space ops is brutally difficult, and here we have a single entity responsible for the vast majority of all global payload put into space.

They are catching the Starship out of the air. Effing incredible to watch.

Now imagine that SpaceX was a Chinese entity. People would be losing their shit, and rightfully so.

Everyone should read the chapter in Walter Isaacson's biography of Musk on the formation of SpaceX. It should be taught in every school in this the US.