Posted on 05/28/2016 5:45:55 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
Actually, they don’t weld the legs to the deck, they place a “shoe”over the legs,then weld that to the deck.
That doesn’t damage the leg “pads”.
Go to youtube, you can watch carrier landings from whichever perspective you chose.
Pretty freaking amazing
remember the video game Lunar Lander?
a very early vector graphic arcade machine.
it was tough trying to land on those tiny 100 point spots...
“Then 2000 happened....”
Me too..i looked around and said “huh?”
That’s exactly what I was referring to. You had to land the ship before you ran out of fuel and it looked happenstance. All of the previous real landings I saw were similar to the game. This landing looked like stopping a car.
yea i really admire Elon Musk.
The man does amazing things.
Lunar Lander is now playable on your web browser....
http://my.ign.com/atari/lunar-lander
ping
http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/space/204512/
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