You might be going to space today
but you won't be staying there.
That said, they've got the recovery part working which is more than SpaceX have managed so far. Except that launch was straight up and SpaceX have been firing theirs on ballistic trajectories, so maybe that's a buttload harder, what with the sideways motion to kill off.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, that as impressive as this is, Bezos ain't quite in Musk's league of Bond villainy yet.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 24 Nov 2015, 21:43,
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well that's confused me
I thought it was the sideways motion the you needed to orbit, did this actually orbit or just drop back down?
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Firkinfedup last shat on your wife's tits at, Tue 24 Nov 2015, 22:14,
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To get things into a stable orbit, you need a sideways velocity of 8km/s
That speed is immense. You'll whip around the earth in 90 minutes. It's why the latest SpaceX Falcon has 9 engines on the booster alone, let alone the second stage.
Bezos' achievement here is cool, but it is many factors simpler than what SpaceX have been trying for since day 1.
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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Wed 25 Nov 2015, 7:29,
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