perhaps of interest?
That is pretty awesome.
SO we have how many private sector companies building and preparing to reach orbit?
That shuttle from that Sierra Nevada whatever was absolutely cool
You sure that isn’t CGI?
Just sayin’, you can’t just believe every video you see anymore.
Whilst states(intentionally or not) around the globe are striving for tribes of Troglodytes, it is nice to see human advancements are still possible.
With the Space Shuttles retired, this is America’s best hope for putting men in space again. I trust nobody here wants to depend on rides from the Russians or the Chinese.
This is actually their latest test with the video posted today. The grasshopper climbs 300 meters and moves 100 meters laterally, then returns to the pad. It’s pretty startling to see a rocket leaning a bit.
If the rocket contained only enough fuel to fly 800 feet up, then this is a lame, pathetic joke.
On the other hand, if the rocket contained enough fuel to fly to LA (or ballast weight to simulate that), then consider me duly impressed.
Do you know which is true?
That reminded me of those rockets you used to see in those cheesy 50’s low-budget sci-fi movies.
Now this, children, is ROCKET SCIENCE!!!
Think what this demonstrates, variable thrust, perfect gyros, attitude changing, drift correction and certainly scads more that I am not even thinking about. This is excellent work and I pray it keeps going.
Try balancing a broom on your fingertip and walking a mile.
The dinosaurs did not colonize space; there is a lesson to be learned here.