Spaaaaace!
Posted: Aug 15, 2013 1:49 pm
We have an Astronomy topic, but no Space Exploration topic. I suspect the reason is because space discussion often ties into political news, like when the government shut down the shuttle program at NASA, but I think the forum is slow enough now that space news and other related topics can be discussed without delving into political debate, so here goes....
Has anyone else besides me been following the news on Space X's Grasshopper? If you haven't, it's a rocket that can blast off, hover, and then land again in the same spot. If and when this rocket is fully and successfully designed, it means that we can take off, land somewhere, take off again, rinse and repeat, without having a rocket that breaks apart throughout its flight. Cool! Here's a video from Space X from about 3 months ago. (Sorry about the Johnny Cash)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxiK7K28PU
And then of course the big news is that yesterday they went up, went sideways, hovered, went down and sideways, and landed at the same spot again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t15vP1PyoA
I think it's pretty cool anyways....
And then of course there's NASA's project, destination Mars. Someone is gonna have to fill me in on that one cause I don't know much about it. People are supposed to go there right?
And last but not least, Virgin Galactic, for a mere $250,000.00 USD will book a flight for you into space.
Anyone else besides me excited about the direction space flight and exploration is headed?
Has anyone else besides me been following the news on Space X's Grasshopper? If you haven't, it's a rocket that can blast off, hover, and then land again in the same spot. If and when this rocket is fully and successfully designed, it means that we can take off, land somewhere, take off again, rinse and repeat, without having a rocket that breaks apart throughout its flight. Cool! Here's a video from Space X from about 3 months ago. (Sorry about the Johnny Cash)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxiK7K28PU
And then of course the big news is that yesterday they went up, went sideways, hovered, went down and sideways, and landed at the same spot again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t15vP1PyoA
I think it's pretty cool anyways....
And then of course there's NASA's project, destination Mars. Someone is gonna have to fill me in on that one cause I don't know much about it. People are supposed to go there right?
And last but not least, Virgin Galactic, for a mere $250,000.00 USD will book a flight for you into space.
Anyone else besides me excited about the direction space flight and exploration is headed?