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His flight systems are all attitude control, not guidance to a target. It’s a silly distinction but apparently makes things OK. He’s talked with state dept peop
by nickparker 8y ago
His flight systems are all attitude control, not guidance to a target. It’s a silly distinction but apparently makes things OK. He’s talked with state dept people a lot to be able to sell his kits internationally.
- phkahler 8y ago>> His flight systems are all attitude control, not guidance to a target. It’s a silly distinction but apparently makes things OK. I'm not sure how thrust vectoring is altitude control... I suppose it's OK to steer then so long as your "target" is the general direction up. I can see value in that.
- AshleyGrant 8y agoattitude control, not altitude control. Thrust vectoring controls the attitude of the rocket. As in where the nose is pointing.