Tag Archives: testing

SpaceX's Third Attempt

Posted on Sun, 2008-08-03 by gravityloss

The first stage worked flawlessly but the staging malfunctioned. I wasn’t watching, but went to bed at 4 am local time after waiting through some launch delays, thinking that it’d take forever anyway, and of course the launch was right … Continue reading →

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X-Prize cup 2007, a test for reusable rocketry

Posted on Sat, 2007-11-03 by gravityloss

Well, as has been noted in the newspace circles, Armadillo Aerospace failed to win the lunar lander challenge even after coming very close in 2006 already, and being even closer this time. Their report text is here and videos and … Continue reading →

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