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Video of 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing
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Posted on 04/24/2013 8:12:01 PM PDT by rocky50
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To: rocky50
Impressive but too much fuel required to do that from orbit.
To: exit82
The shadows of the rocket and the water tower are not parallel.No, it was a windy day, the rocket was leaning into the wind.
To: SamAdams76
So rocket ship goes up about 1100 feet and then rocket ship comes back down. I guess I don’t get it. What is the big deal about that? Demonstrated stability and control with only thrust vectoring (and gyros?) - no aerodynamics. Validating that their control loops respond fast enough, no weird oscillations, they can deal with noisy real-world environments and inputs (not clean simulations in the computer lab) etc. Verifying navigation back to a fixed point (ok, they didn't seem to translate any, just up and down). Verifying sensors, control, and engine throttling for hover and soft landing. This was actually a fairly comprehensive test.
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posted on
04/24/2013 8:46:57 PM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: exit82
You’re seeing barrel distortion caused by using a wide-angle telephoto lens.
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:02:35 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: Arlis
Google “DC-X”...you’ll see that McDonnell Douglas did the same thing back in the 90’s. Hit 3140 meter altitude on it’s best flight.
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:11:12 PM PDT
by
Imnidiot
(This space for Rent)
To: mylife
Bert Rutan is a genius! So is Elon Musk and a credit to African Americans.
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:12:14 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: ThunderSleeps
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:13:45 PM PDT
by
publius911
(Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
To: Moonman62
Good on the entire team.
These people are the American Spirit.
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:15:44 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Opinions $1, Half Baked 50c)
To: MtBaldy
Ion propulsion is the answer to deep space.
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:18:30 PM PDT
by
mylife
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To: rocky50
A California based company!
Incredible!
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:19:00 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: mylife
Yes he is ... I thought he was dead.
Didn't he develope the Vari-eze ?
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:20:37 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: exit82
Good eye, I believe you are correct, it does not line up.
To: exit82
Is this an animation? No, it's not.
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:22:47 PM PDT
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dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: knarf
Rutan is alive and kicking as far as I know.
I have no idea about Vari-eze.
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:23:30 PM PDT
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mylife
(Opinions $1, Half Baked 50c)
To: loungitude
Yeah, because it makes so much more sense to throw away tens of millions in aerospace hardware to save a few thousand in fuel.
To: Jet Jaguar
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:34:43 PM PDT
by
caww
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
Impressive but too much fuel required to do that from orbit. Do what from orbit? It's a first stage it will never make it to orbit.
It also is looking to come to zero velocity, good old friction can do most of the work. Depending on the flight profile chosen it may only be necessary to fire the engines for a few seconds to go from terminal velocity to zero.
Since the company doing this is now supplying the space station they might know a bit more about rockets than you.
To: mylife
Yep, he didI came across Rutan in the early 90's when I aspired to build my own.
never did it, but sure wanted to ... life got too hectic and I allowed my dream to fade.
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:41:32 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: rocky50
Great music accompaning the video...
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:48:00 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
To: SamAdams76
“...What is the big deal about that?”
Guess it’s time for you to go back to BeanTown and have a few more of them Sam Adams...maybe then after you think aboug it you will get it.
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posted on
04/24/2013 9:50:08 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders.)
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