[video=youtube;NoxiK7K28PU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxiK7K28PU[/video]
You magnificent bastards!
go corporate america go
you have got to be kidding me
That was on purpose? That's pretty incredible.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;40384608]That was on purpose? That's pretty incredible.[/QUOTE]
It's going to do this eventually:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abLC1l3loFA[/media]
[QUOTE=OvB;40384617]It's going to do this eventually:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abLC1l3loFA[/media][/QUOTE]
What's the advantage of the final stage landing with rockets instead of just using a parachute?
Then they'll be able to restack, refuel, and recrew, and relaunch. Expendable rockets and parachutes are for suckers.
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[QUOTE=jeimizu;40384660]What's the advantage of the final stage landing with rockets instead of just using a parachute?[/QUOTE]
Well the rockets it uses to do that are there anyway to act as a launch escape system just in case something goes wrong during launch. The capsule can jettison. So if you're carrying the fuel up anyway I guess why not? I'm not really sure if it has any real advantages other than being totally awesome and not having to deal with repacking a parachute afterwords. All you'll have to do is refuel and you're good to go.
[quote]SpaceX plans to use an integrated pusher launch escape system for the Dragon spacecraft, with several claimed advantages over the tractor detachable tower approach used on most prior crewed spacecraft.[93][94][95] These advantages include the provision for crew escape all the way to orbit, reusability of the escape system, improved crew safety due to the elimination of a stage separation, and the ability to use the escape engines during the landing phase for a precise solid earth landing of the Dragon capsule.[96] An emergency parachute will be retained as a redundant backup for water landings[/quote]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_%28spacecraft%29#NASA_Commercial_Crew_Development_program[/url]
Not to mention you could technically land it on any solid surface in the solar system.
That's actually a really impressive and accurate landing. I've got a good feeling about this company for the future of space exploration.
Giant vibrators in spaaaace!
is this the future? It looks like the future. I think that we are in the future now.
Wait, the flame creates shadow.
I didn't know flames create shadows.
I was hoping to see a grasshopper in space.
But this is cool too.
That was amazing
[QUOTE=OZPruduction;40390113]Wait, the flame creates shadow.
I didn't know flames create shadows.[/QUOTE]
Flames = glowing smoke.
Stuff that glows still make a shadow, imagine a glowing ball of metal for instance.
Your moms dildo
The amount of times I've tried to hover in place with a rocket in Cortex Command. This shit's impossible.
wow my post I made in another thread applies here too:
space dicks
