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I think that catching a grain silo in mid air that fell in a semi-controlled way from effin low earth orbit is undeniably incredible. SpaceX continues to blow
by exabrial 2y ago
I think that catching a grain silo in mid air that fell in a semi-controlled way from effin low earth orbit is undeniably incredible.
SpaceX continues to blow me away with these unbelievably lofty ideas. I remember seeing their "grasshopper" flights years ago and they blew it up because they couldn't land it at the time, who knew within a few years they'd be doing this.
- chippiewill 2y agoI think they still have "Grasshopper" (the custom test unit) sat outside at McGregor, it was F9R Dev1 (a modified F9 booster) that they had to destruct after one of the engines failed mid-hop. They were originally going to do high-altitude tests with an "F9 dev2" (similar to some of the early starship test launches) - but they gave up and just did some testing with real landing Falcon 9s instead.