2013-04-24 22:59:32.602513+02 by petronius 0 comments
SpaceX Corp. tests a rocket that can hover on its thrusters and return to its Launchpad, the way God and Robert Heinlein intended. A great achievement, but back in 1995 the DC-X team were fairly far along on this track when low funding and NASA snobbery killed the Delta Clipper project.
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