[ExI] space-x sticks the landing

[spike]

From: extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Dan TheBookMan
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>>…I don’t know what SpaceX has in mind for recovering a second stage, but this tail-landing first stage is the most exciting development in space tech in a long time.

 

>…Though it was the way rockets were depicting as landing for a long time in SF, no?

 

Regards,





Dan

 

 

 

Dan are you old enough to remember the old Rod Rocket cartoons?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACz3TTTp_To

 

That was my first exposure to the notion of a tail-first lander.  Rod and his friend Joey fly the Argonaut around the solar system, occasionally battling the Rod Rocket counterparts of Boris and Natasha from the Bullwinkle show, a couple of commie cosmonauts who were the ambiguous bad guys.  

 

If you view the video, keep in mind these were made in 1963, by a couple of non-scientists.  But it kept my 3-yr-old attention.

 

spike

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