<<SpaceX's Grasshopper rocket passed its most ambitious test yet with flying colors last week, rising 12 stories into a cloudless Texas sky before hovering and settling gently back down onto its launch pad. It was the third flight of the prototype launch vehicle, which SpaceX hopes will lead the company to spaceflight's holy grail: a fully-reusable rocket system.>>
Re: Hopping with style
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:02 pm
by Beyond
Even though it was a 'slow' hop, that Grasshopper was spectacular!! I've never seen a rocket lift off and intentionally land where it took off from, in one piece.
Re: Hopping with style
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:39 pm
by Doum
That one was looking good too. till after many test one leg didnt deploy on landing.(I think)
I ended up going to the YouTube page for that video to learn what the point of the hopper was (to hopefully recover rockets in the future) and also ended up reading the comments. Sheesh, the conspiracy nuts are all over this one.
