Comments on: SpaceX releases spectacular footage of another vertical take-off and landing test of their Falcon 9R rocket.

By: Pzatchok

Pzatchok — Thu, 08 May 2014 12:14:17 +0000

The cool part was the craft passing through the different wind streams.

You can see it tilt and come back to center as it rises to its final height.

A larger in radius rocket with a more engines would probably prove even more stable in flight.

By: Robert Zimmerman

Robert Zimmerman — Wed, 07 May 2014 08:20:06 +0000

In reply to Blair Ivey. FYI, there already are companies specializing in providing flight videos for space launch concerns. I saw one such company give a presentation at a space engineering conference a few years ago, showing the videos they took for SpaceX during its Falcon 1 launches.

By: Blair Ivey

Blair Ivey — Wed, 07 May 2014 07:16:47 +0000

I’m as impressed by the supporting technologies as I am the flight hardware. When the movie Apollo 13 was filmed, the production crew had to CGI the launch sequence because ‘engineers weren’t concerned with making the rocket look cool’. Now with affordable drones and HD cameras, the launches look cool, and provide unprecedented engineering data. As ‘the competition heats up’, I can see a time when companies will specialize in providing flight video for space launch concerns. This is how economies grow.

By: t-dub

t-dub — Wed, 07 May 2014 04:26:09 +0000

I thought the Grasshopper was cool but this thing is amazing. It’s a reusable flying building that lands!!! Plus the fact SpaceX has leased Pad 39A for 20 years (unrelated to this project) gives me “some” hope for the future. I love this up and coming little space company, they make me happy.

By: Cotour

Cotour — Tue, 06 May 2014 20:56:57 +0000

Very, very cool!

Just like they used to land rocket ships on other planets in the sci fi movies of my youth.