Blue Origin has launched its New Shepard space vehicle (video, below) consisting of a BE-3 rocket and crew capsule to a suborbital height of around 100.5 kilometers (62 miles). The capsule then separated and touched down beneath a parachute, but more importantly, the BE-3 rocket also started its own descent. After the rockets fired at nearly 5,000 feet, it made a a controlled vertical landing at a gentle 4.4 mph.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/24/blue-...t-landing/
Watch the video in full screen mode, very impressive, you can clearly see the rocket thrust vectoring on descent to keep the rocket vertical
http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/24/blue-...t-landing/
Watch the video in full screen mode, very impressive, you can clearly see the rocket thrust vectoring on descent to keep the rocket vertical
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Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
