Why not just land in a ball pit or net or something? The decent seems pretty controlled, but tall skinny things are tough to keep standing upright. (especially on a moving barge)
@medz At first I thought “I want to play in a rocket landing ballpit” Then I thought about being trapped at the bottom of one- even without the rocket that would be horrible.
@medz i found it absolutely amazing that we have the technology to try to land rockets just by reverse launching them. That’s really badass if you stop to think about it.
Why not just land in a ball pit or net or something? The decent seems pretty controlled, but tall skinny things are tough to keep standing upright. (especially on a moving barge)
@medz At first I thought “I want to play in a rocket landing ballpit” Then I thought about being trapped at the bottom of one- even without the rocket that would be horrible.
@medz i found it absolutely amazing that we have the technology to try to land rockets just by reverse launching them. That’s really badass if you stop to think about it.
A ball pit would be great, though.
@medz if they landed it in a ball pit they would have to hose the pee off afterward. Probably too much effort,
I laughed harder than I should have. LOL ‘rapid unscheduled disassembly’
@PooltoyWolf ‘Entropy… Is such a lonely word.’ Sigh. That may become my new catch phrase.
Love it. Sent it on to someone I know who was in charge of the science side of the Hubble Telescope before he retired.
This must be the future. The space race is being pushed by a car maker and a book seller.
This is what happens when you spend too many (or too few?) hours as a kid, playing Rocket Lander.
SpaceX waffle fins are delicious.
Sure, they can laugh now, when this has become a rarity.