http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/ ... 6698278051IT'S an image straight from a 1950s science fiction comic: A rocket that takes off and lands on its tail. It took 60 years, but here it is.
Falcon 9 'Grasshopper' vertical takeoff and landing rocket s
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Falcon 9 'Grasshopper' vertical takeoff and landing rocket s
At first, you might not think this video should be on an electronics forum. But I doubt you can build a rocket that takes off and lands on its fins without a computer or microcontroller.
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Re: Falcon 9 'Grasshopper' vertical takeoff and landing rock
That is seriously cool!
When you think about it though, the apollo space program had computers with about the processing power of an Arduino!
When you think about it though, the apollo space program had computers with about the processing power of an Arduino!
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