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.
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.
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,
This must be the future. The space race is being pushed by a car maker and a book seller.
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 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.