Well, it generally fits the tone for the weekend: “An unmanned rocket by Elon Musk’s SpaceX on a resupply mission to the International Space Station exploded Sunday just minutes after launch.” ….Annnnd I’m just going to delete the rest of that rant. Not productive.
Tag: spacex
The SpaceX Grasshopper VTVL* test.
It’s a rocketship made the way that God and Bob Heinlein intended:
Takes off on a jet of fire, lands on a pillar of fire. Only went up just under 2,441 feet this time, but that’s why they make prototypes.
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Wow, almost looks like animation. Great tet. RT: @NASAWatch SpaceX Grasshopper Video: Now THAT is a Rocketship http://t.co/Evr2wdOJRj
— Alan Ladwig (@SpaceArtAl) October 13, 2013
*Vertical Takeoff, Vertical Landing. Had to look it up, myself.