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
I think they land things like Dragon, they have a concept Red Dragon capsule design.
But they would probably need to look at having some rockets on Mars, otherwise what happens if someone needs to return to Earth. Also they could reuse the capsules too.
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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
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
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.
I think they land things like Dragon, they have a concept Red Dragon capsule design.
But they would probably need to look at having some rockets on Mars, otherwise what happens if someone needs to return to Earth. Also they could reuse the capsules too.
I think this is a repost.
I love the incremental progress that is being seen on this project.
I don't have anything substantial to add. But this development still blows my mind
Aw you got me excited. This announcement is from June.