That thing always looked like such a kludge to me, but it does seem to work. Of course all it does it gets you to just above the Karman Line.

 

That thing always looked like such a kludge to me, but it does seem to work. Of course all it does it gets you to just above the Karman Line.

They seem to making progress and unlike SpaceX, funding the R@D doesn't seem to be a problem so the process is more like traditional incremental rocket engineering.

 

They seem to making progress and unlike SpaceX, funding the R@D doesn't seem to be a problem so the process is more like traditional incremental rocket engineering.

I haven't had time to check this forum out, but that was amazing, I think it's smooth lift off, seems precise both lift off and booster landing. I'm not sure how I feel about the capsule landing? You can't see how hard or not with all the dust.

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