Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 24, 2013 #1 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Grasshopper 250m Test | Natural Sound SpaceX's Grasshopper flies 820 feet, tripling its March 7th leap.Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle that SpaceX has designed to test the technologies needed to return a rocket back to Earth intact. While most rockets are designed to burn up in the atmosphere during reentry, SpaceX's rockets are being designed to return to the launch pad for a vertical landing.Source: spacexchannel - YouTube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 24, 2013 Author #2 Share Posted April 24, 2013 (edited) Grasshopper 250m Test | Single Camera (Hexacopter)SpaceX's Grasshopper flies 820 feet, tripling its March 7th leap.Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle that SpaceX has designed to test the technologies needed to return a rocket back to Earth intact. While most rockets are designed to burn up in the atmosphere during reentry, SpaceX's rockets are being designed to return to the launch pad for a vertical landing.Source: spacexchannel - YouTube Edited April 24, 2013 by Waspie_Dwarf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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