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SpaceX Grasshopper completes highest leap to date

by jacoblyles on 8/14/13, 7:27 AM with 7 comments

  • by conroy on 8/14/13, 8:05 AM

    I upvoted this thinking it was a new test, but sadly this is an older result from two months ago. To make amends for upvoting without reading the article, here is the history of Grasshopper's public flights

        Date         Altitude   Duration    Youtube
    2012-09-21   1.8 m      3 seconds   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzXlUw2WhcE
    2012-11-01   5.4 m      8 seconds   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-VjaBSSnqs
    2012-12-17   40 m       29 seconds  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4PEXLODw9c
    2013-03-07 	 80 m       34 seconds  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orUjSkc2pG0
    2013-04-17 	 250 m      61 seconds  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXG_nX7Exg0
    2013-06-14 	 325 m      68 seconds  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGimzB5QM1M

  • by Lewton on 8/14/13, 7:58 AM

    This is a month old, why is it being posted now?

    What's more interesting than this is that they just had a succesfull divert test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t15vP1PyoA&feature=youtu.be

  • by stuartcw on 8/14/13, 8:32 AM

    Has Elon Musk ever said that he intends to land on Mars this way? I know that he has mentioned Grasshoppers launching cargo into orbit and returning.

  • by robryan on 8/14/13, 7:57 AM

    I think this is a repost.

    I love the incremental progress that is being seen on this project.

  • by saym on 8/14/13, 7:58 AM

    I don't have anything substantial to add. But this development still blows my mind

  • by grandpoobah on 8/14/13, 7:58 AM

    Aw you got me excited. This announcement is from June.