744m Grasshopper Test

[Brovane]

Looks like SpaceX is continuing to push forward on the Grasshopper testing. A far cry from their short jumps no so long ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZDkItO-0a4&feature=*********

 

[amish]

thanks for posting. I hadn't paid any attention to "grasshopper" before. that was pretty cool.

 

[tcsenter]

You mean that a very technically difficult objective can be achieved through a bunch of small incremental tests (and simulations), each successive one seemingly (outwardly) to be an almost insignificant advance over the previous? Don't tell the folks who think missile defense systems can't be done because its akin to 'shooting a bullet out of the sky with another bullet...'

 

[Brovane]

You mean that a very technically difficult objective can be achieved through a bunch of small incremental tests (and simulations), each successive one seemingly (outwardly) to be an almost insignificant advance over the previous? Don't tell the folks who think missile defense systems can't be done because its akin to 'shooting a bullet out of the sky with another bullet...'

Yes or entire Congress loses interest and funding is cut. Look at what happened to Delta Clipper. One accident and the entire program is cut and abandoned. They got it up to 3,140 meters back in 1996.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X

 

[JoeKing]

new national phallic symbol? I say go!