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> Cruise missiles have had similar technology for a long time. I try to make my landings a little less eventful.
by Daviey 7y ago
> Cruise missiles have had similar technology for a long time.
I try to make my landings a little less eventful.
- rhombocombus 7y agoI prefer to be subsonic before I let the mains touch down (atleast...)
- AWildC182 7y agoA "good" landing is one which people can walk away from and a "great" landing is one where you can use the cruise missile again so by definition, a cruise missile can complete neither a "good" nor a "great" landing by design.
- OnlineGladiator 7y agoWell in theory it could fail in such a miraculous way that everything is intact and it just skidded across the dirt - so while that might be considered a "good" landing it would be considered a "bad" missile launch.
- serf 7y agothere are plenty of loitering munitions that have great landings routinely.
- exikyut 7y agoThen the SpaceX stage1 (or stage2, or however they call it) is a missile that only makes great landings. :D
- bstrong 7y ago"One unusual capability of the Snark missile was its ability to fly away from its launch point for up to 11 hours, and then return for a landing. If its warhead did not detach from its body, then the Snark could be flown repeatedly." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-62_Snark https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-62_Snark
- AWildC182 7y agoOf course cold war shenanigans would prove me wrong.... I stand corrected