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this the grasshopper in the video, not the real first stage, seen zero video as of yet, waiting for the presser to start
Is it just me, or is the video link missing at the Business Insider website?
Can these carry some D.C. politicians and deposit them on the nearest earth like world? Preferably 60+ light years away.
That’s more or less how rocket ships were supposed to work in 1950s sci-fi movies.
That... Was... WICKED!!
Elon Musk is brilliant. And a LEGAL immigrant. I’m a fan; not too many visionaries in the technical arts these days. I wonder what he comes up with next.
That was really amazing to watch. I was a big fan of the shuttle, but this takes me back to really early childhood scifi movies.
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Wouldn’t the extra fuel necessary to land the rocket reduce its payload? Why not just use parachutes?
Isnt the efficiency of the booster much less because it has to carry so much excess fuel weight to soft land?
Seems a steerable parchute would be better.