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Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 07:47 PM Aug 2019

SpaceX Starhopper spaceship test - video

Wow! This is right out of a 1950's science fiction movie. I thought this kind of simplicity, a simply shaped rocket taking off and and landing perfectly, was just fantasy but I guess it's not going to be.

The main difference is that reality is a lot dustier than it was in the movies. : )
The final design of the rocket also is right out of science fiction.




Rocket Design:
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SpaceX Starhopper spaceship test - video (Original Post) Kablooie Aug 2019 OP
its missing something... yuiyoshida Aug 2019 #1
Inspired, I suppose, by "Salvage 1" starring Andy Griffith... targetpractice Aug 2019 #2
Okay looks good,... all systems go... magicarpet Aug 2019 #3
It looks so much like 50s Sci-Fi crazytown Aug 2019 #4

targetpractice

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2. Inspired, I suppose, by "Salvage 1" starring Andy Griffith...
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 08:07 PM
Aug 2019

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