I had trouble visualizing your comment until I saw 2 YouTube videos from another commenter down thread of their alternate rocket catching mechanism.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GJ-wZLLuh9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt1V9UWhuKk
From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50502490
I had trouble visualizing your comment until I saw 2 YouTube videos from another commenter down thread of their alternate rocket catching mechanism.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GJ-wZLLuh9M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt1V9UWhuKk
From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50502490