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If you watch the last few frames, it looks like the ship indeed landed. From the perspective that for a split second the entire vehicle was upright and in touch
by geuis 6y ago
If you watch the last few frames, it looks like the ship indeed landed. From the perspective that for a split second the entire vehicle was upright and in touch with the ground, that is. I’m not one to be a pedant, but you can claim a landing if you squint at it long enough.
- as-j 6y agoa) "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing" b) "Any landing where you can re-use the equipment again is a great landing" Old aviation sayings. :) Oh well. ;)
- mLuby 6y agoAlso "you can only ever tie the altitude record for lowest flight."
- lmm 6y agoThat one's not actually true though, e.g. the lowest-altitude formation-flight record currently stands at -422m (over the dead sea).
- castis 6y agoHas anyone ever tried to top that?
- genocidicbunny 6y agoWell, it wouldn't really be 'topping' it would it? I don't think its really possible to fly any lower. The dead sea is the lowest place on earth, and -422m is even pushing that as it must have been a very dry season when they did the flight. Unless the dead sea evaporates even lower, flying below -422m is going to be pretty hard.
- mLuby 6y agoIn AGL, or above ground level, it's still 0.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoDon't forget "Takeoff is optional but landing is mandatory" :)
- handol 6y agoSure, it's a hard-landing or crash-landing. The vehicle was obviously under control but not making enough thrust for a soft touch down.