SpaceX's Grasshopper Successfully Flew 325 Metres

Re:SpaceX's Grasshopper Successfully Flew 325 Metres by leeoniya on Saturday July 06, 2013 @01:12PM (#5999366)

Armadillo did this, and cooler already :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u0qlIoSSkQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_Xiq3dYJlM#ws

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Re:SpaceX's Grasshopper Successfully Flew 325 Metres by trafficlight on Saturday July 06, 2013 @01:21PM (#5999389)

While it's awesome that they've done this, the scale isn't exactly the same. The Super Mod is about 12 feet tall. Grasshopper is 106 feet tall and has considerably more power.

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Re:SpaceX's Grasshopper Successfully Flew 325 Metres by grinich on Saturday July 06, 2013 @04:19PM (#5999937)

SpaceX is orbital. Armadillo is suborbital (at least Super Mod).

It's like the difference between an ultralight and a 747. Both are impressive, but on completely different scales.

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Re:SpaceX's Grasshopper Successfully Flew 325 Metres by jevinskie on Saturday July 06, 2013 @03:27PM (#5999775)

I haven't seen the flight where they cut the engine and restart it. Very impressive!

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Re:SpaceX's Grasshopper Successfully Flew 325 Metres by medde on Saturday July 06, 2013 @04:41PM (#6000010)

in addition to all previous replies: they are also missing the camera from above (ie: hexacopter at ~325m), which was very nice to see

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Re:SpaceX's Grasshopper Successfully Flew 325 Metres by malkia on Saturday July 06, 2013 @07:51PM (#6000477)

One is Wolfenstein, the other one is Quake!

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