Toopy14
Axe-Master
Those feet are actually pretty high tech in spite of their modest looks. Apparently their structure is such that they partially crumple on impact in a controlled fashion, absorbing the energy in the process, much like crumple zones in a car.
Didn’t realize that! Interesting. Found this info. about the struts and how they plan to evolve them.
”The prototype will also assuredly need several new landing legs after destroying at least two during its launch and landing debut. It’s worth pointing out that the leg damage visible above is almost certainly the result of an intentional design choice, ensuring that landings slightly rougher than expected transfer most of their stress into Starship’s legs instead of its hull. Given just how simple they appear, the current leg design likely makes them effectively disposable, allowing SpaceX to focus its effort on unsolved problems as a more refined and reusable leg design comes to fruition.
V1.1 legs will be ~60% longer. V2.0 legs will be much wider & taller — like Falcon, but capable of landing on unimproved surfaces & auto-leveling.”
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-sn5-second-hop-plans/