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Re:Grasshopper 100m Lateral Divert Test by bionerd on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @01:23PM (#6212873)
Not as impressive? Come on. Like we were all doing things like this on our backyards in 1995.

Given historical context this is as much as impressive as what SpaceX are doing right now.

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Re:Grasshopper 100m Lateral Divert Test by typon on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @06:11PM (#6214691)
Oops...I meant SpaceX is not nearly as impressive as what they achieved in 1995. Thing can go laterally!
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Re:Grasshopper 100m Lateral Divert Test by robotomir on Wednesday August 14, 2013 @06:38PM (#6214832)
Laterally, and profitably, that is a distinction.
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