alt Hacker NewsUnnecessarily snarky but 100% correct!
Of course, being able to land on runways gave the Space Shuttle more choices for emergency landings than needing a chopsticks catcher.
That said, the Space Shuttle holds records for the most humans killed in spaceflight, and the most expensive cost per kilogram to LEO.
There weren't too many runways available to use as backups given size requirements, so I assume if/when they start doing human starship launches they will have multiple chopstick towers and therefore have near-equivalent emergency backup capability.