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Comment by ck2 | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]ck2 · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:38 UTC · link
bet they used lidar

(let's see who gets the joke)

seriously though, do we know the names of the engineers who made this possible or is it a secret?

[−]MPSimmons · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:45 UTC · link
You could go to LinkedIn and look at people in the:

* structures

* propulsion

* avionics

* flight software

departments, because they all work together to make this happen, along with support from IT/SRE. The person most responsible for ensuring that it happens is Lars Blackmore[1], who was also the Responsible Engineer in charge of making sure Falcon 9 landed successfully

[1] - https://linkedin.com/in/lars-blackmore-78a237