Will the first Starship catch attempt target a launch from Pad A, booster catch on tower A, and ship catch on tower B?
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So far all full stack Starship launches have launched from pad A, and all booster catches have been performed by tower A. But construction at the nearby Pad B continues and Ryan Hansen has recently speculated that the first ship catch attempt could involve a launch and booster catch at Pad A, but a ship catch using tower B (see the following twitter thread for his reasoning)

This question resolves based on the first official flight plan that SpaceX releases featuring a ship catch and is not concerned with any flight outcomes.

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If they plan to do the catches the other way around, does this resolve yes or no?
No would seem harsh?

If you agree it would be harsh perhaps change question to

Will the first Starship catch attempt target a launch from Pad A, with ship and booster catches by different towers?

@ChristopherRandles My understanding of what Ryan Hansen is proposing is that the chopsticks on Tower A aren't compatible with the ship catch pins that we've seen so far.

Hence the main prediction is specifically that the first Starship catch will be on Tower B. A launch from Pad A and booster catch on Tower A are further speculation with their own reasoning.

And though I agree requiring all three criteria is a very specific plan and a very strict resolution criteria, the reasoning Ryan gave seemed sound enough that it would make an interesting market!

(Definitely open to feedback though, I very nearly used a more relaxed criteria when first making the market)

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