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This is a tiny rocket going up 300ms and coming back down. Happy for them but they're a long way from any utility ( and a decade+ behind other companies )
by leesec 1y ago
This is a tiny rocket going up 300ms and coming back down. Happy for them but they're a long way from any utility ( and a decade+ behind other companies )
- throaway920181 1y agoWhich companies have this capability besides SpaceX and Blue Origin? More competition is always welcome.
- Rebelgecko 1y agoI think the DC-X program did this first in the 90s. It ran into funding issues and it turns out there isn't a ton of value in reusable rockets that only go a few hundred feet (although more advanced applications are potentially worthwhile)
- perihelions 1y agoRocket Labs, Stoke Space, Deep Blue, Landspace, Space Pioneer, iSpace, Galactic. (The last five are Chinese startups). Rocket Labs has recovered (not reflown) several orbital boosters, and the rest are within 1-2 years of orbital booster recovery attempts.
- bpodgursky 1y agoSo the correct answer is "nobody else has the capability" I'll be thrilled when someone does! Competition is great! But let's do it via technological progress, not through abuse of the english language.
- dmix 1y agoHe did say “orbital booster recovery” which is 160,000 meters. Honda reached 300 meters which is about the height of a tall skyscraper
- rasz 1y agoHere an amateur doing it all on its own https://youtu.be/SH3lR2GLgT0 https://youtu.be/SH3lR2GLgT0
- amelius 1y agoIt's not a difficult problem. It's just Newtonian mechanics plus control theory. You only need a lot of funding and then just do it (of course build a simulator first).
- markhahn 1y agomaybe that's the hard part, and scaling isn't.
- alexathrowawa9 1y agoThis right here is the quintessential hackernews comment Pure HN distilled
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- jethronethro 1y agoStarting small, gradually scaling up. What a concept!
- hluska 1y agoCongratulations, you found the most obvious negative thing to say. Good for you?
- perilunar 1y agoThe flight was a lot longer than 300 ms !