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Not done by spacex, they made this vid to demonstration the idea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF81yjVbJE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF81yjVbJE I dont
by john-n 14y ago
Not done by spacex, they made this vid to demonstration the idea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF81yjVbJE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF81yjVbJE
I dont know of any ship that has the ability to land like that, except for craft in development like from blue origins - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NANePoo_p30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NANePoo_p30
I believe the Soyuz uses rockets to slow its decent before it hits the ground, but thats to assist the parachute rather than replace them.
- SideburnsOfDoom 14y agoFor the first video, I get "Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany, because it may contain music for which GEMA has not granted the respective music rights.". What an absolutely boneheaded, irrelevant, infuriating reason to block a video of a rocket landing. :( Also, John Carmack's Armadillo aerospace have made prototype rockets that can land vertically on their own thrusters. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8eb_1318290493 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8eb_1318290493
- olex 14y agoI use Proxtube (https://proxtube.com/ https://proxtube.com/) to circumvent those blocks. Works quite reliably. Youtube is so much better when I can see all of it.
- SideburnsOfDoom 14y agoI'm London now and can see it fine again.
- tsotha 14y agoJAXA did the same thing a few years earlier with RVT (since cancelled). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TNoSQ2lPl0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TNoSQ2lPl0
- josephagoss 14y agoThat Blue Origin ship was amazing, if they could send this into orbit and then land it like this with no parachutes, that would be incredible? No one else has done that, not even Space X? Is blue origin going to compete with Musk? I don't think Jeff will leave Amazon and focus on this 100%? Really amazing times.
- huhtenberg 14y ago> Soyuz uses rockets to slow its decent That's how they land tanks. Parachutes first, and then one second before the impact boosters go off and slow the cargo down for a soft touchdown.
- planetguy 14y agoWhat a Soyuz landing looks like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4XVhoezrzM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4XVhoezrzM If you believe SpaceX's concept videos they're gonna do it without parachutes. I have no idea why, though. Parachutes are good. Perhaps they're just thinking ahead, because they want an all-purpose capsule that can land on the Moon just as well as the Earth.
- pyre 14y agoThink Mars instead of Moon. Musk has stated that he wants to take this all the way to Mars.
- ricardobeat 14y agoThat didn't look like a "soft touchdown" at all!
- thematt 14y agoSpeaking of Blue Origin, if anybody is interested in working for us, we're hiring :) http://www.blueorigin.com/careers/careers.html http://www.blueorigin.com/careers/careers.html
- jstclair 14y agoSay hi to my bro!
- planetguy 14y agoI'm gonna apply for jobs with Blue Origin, SpaceX and Planetary Resources. But I'm gonna do it in a week when there's nothing particularly inspiring going on, just to avoid the resume crush. :)
- thematt 14y agoThere will be inspiring stuff happening in this industry for the foreseeable future. No point in waiting even a week, that's just one more week of amazing work you could have been a part of :)
- davidcuddeback 14y agoHey, Blue Origin looks pretty cool, and I go on the job market tomorrow. I might like to ask you some questions about Blue Origin if you don't mind, but your HN profile doesn't have any contact info. Would you mind adding contact info to your profile or emailing me to start a chat? (My contact info is in my profile.)
- thematt 14y agoEmail sent.