I'm a week late in posting this, but the fact that the Starship catch worked correctly on the first try is nothing short of astonishing. Everything about it is impressive -- the size of the rocket, the last-minuteness of the final burn, the reentry and reignition sonic booms causing condensation in nearby clouds, the careful risk-avoiding final trajectory, and the 1-2 foot precision of the catch -- and it should hopefully inspire a generation of engineers to work on space systems.
I've watched the landing video ~10 times at this point, which puts me on par with a typical toddler in terms of tolerance for repetition. For toddlers, the whole world is that exciting and new.
Meanwhile, Elon himself seems on a trajectory to go off the rails late-career, as Henry Ford and Howard Hughes did. It's a shame, as he could unambiguously be America's Engineering Hero right now, but instead he's obsessed with conspicuously buying politicians and sowing divisiveness for profit, side effects be damned. However, this is SpaceX's achievement, not just Elon's, and I'm incredibly proud of the work everyone is doing.