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> What I most like about this news is that Honda has joined Blue Origin and SpaceX in demonstrating a complete "hop The list is longer than that! The earliest

by gpm 1y ago

> What I most like about this news is that Honda has joined Blue Origin and SpaceX in demonstrating a complete "hop The list is longer than that! The earliest hop was probably by McDonnell Douglas in 1993 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_QQDY7PYc8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_QQDY7PYc8

ohitsdom 1y ago
Thank you for posting this. DC-X was ground-breaking. Masten also had Xombie in 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FcUEjwDkk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FcUEjwDkk
- avmich 1y ago
  Northrop Grumman Lunar Landet Challenge was before 2010. Works of e.g. Armadillo Aerospace...
ChuckMcM 1y ago
I literally applied to work at McDonnell Douglas when I heard about DC-X! It went against my choice to NOT work for a defense contractor, but it was a really cool project. They were amenable to hiring me but a program manager told me in confidence that the project had lost support because the Strategic Defense Initiative's cancellation meant there was no money to continue the project. The demo flights were the last deliverable in the contract and after that the project was dead. It made me sad.
- pantulis 1y ago
  Can't help but recognize the level of awesomeness. For me "deliverable" means a software project, a presentation deck, whatever. These guys delivered a rocket.
perihelions 1y ago
Landspace, 10 km — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dNFknayVDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dNFknayVDU Deep Blue, several km, hard landing — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-g26Zt15lo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-g26Zt15lo iSpace, 0.3 km — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCH9ElmmZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCH9ElmmZA CASC, 12 km — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55iVjGuf_sE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55iVjGuf_sE (their 75 km attempt in January failed, and doesn't have a public video) Space Epoch, 2.5 km, hard landing — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQK1kDpbw4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQK1kDpbw4
perilunar 1y ago
And the earliest rocket landings would have been the various lunar landers in the 1960s.

by gpm 1y ago

ohitsdom 1y ago

Thank you for posting this. DC-X was ground-breaking. Masten also had Xombie in 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FcUEjwDkk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FcUEjwDkk

avmich 1y ago
Northrop Grumman Lunar Landet Challenge was before 2010. Works of e.g. Armadillo Aerospace...

ChuckMcM 1y ago

I literally applied to work at McDonnell Douglas when I heard about DC-X! It went against my choice to NOT work for a defense contractor, but it was a really cool project. They were amenable to hiring me but a program manager told me in confidence that the project had lost support because the Strategic Defense Initiative's cancellation meant there was no money to continue the project. The demo flights were the last deliverable in the contract and after that the project was dead. It made me sad.

pantulis 1y ago
Can't help but recognize the level of awesomeness. For me "deliverable" means a software project, a presentation deck, whatever. These guys delivered a rocket.

perihelions 1y ago

Landspace, 10 km — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dNFknayVDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dNFknayVDU Deep Blue, several km, hard landing — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-g26Zt15lo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-g26Zt15lo iSpace, 0.3 km — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCH9ElmmZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKCH9ElmmZA CASC, 12 km — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55iVjGuf_sE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55iVjGuf_sE (their 75 km attempt in January failed, and doesn't have a public video) Space Epoch, 2.5 km, hard landing — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQK1kDpbw4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTQK1kDpbw4

perilunar 1y ago

And the earliest rocket landings would have been the various lunar landers in the 1960s.