SpaceX successfully tests reusable rocket dubbed ‘Grasshopper’

pilotbraden Dork
12/26/12 9:26 a.m.

This is impressive. The first and second stages will come back and land under their own power.

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/spacex-successfully-tests-reusable-rocket-dubbed-grasshopper-video/

GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
12/26/12 9:33 a.m.

Wow that's nuts. The maximum height it hovers at is 12 stories, that thing is HUGE.

Can't laugh at how rockets land in '50s sci-fi anymore I guess...

pilotbraden Dork
12/26/12 9:36 a.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH:

It does look like Marvin the Martian could crawl out of it.

Jim Pettengill HalfDork
12/26/12 1:58 p.m.

And for extra credit, the connection of SpaceX to sports cars is?

pilotbraden Dork
12/26/12 2:09 p.m.

I think that the same group modifies a Lotus Elise to an electric drivetrain, but I can't remember what it is called.

Jim Pettengill HalfDork
12/26/12 2:13 p.m.

Yup, it's Tesla (and PayPal) - Elon Musk.