[rscaper1070]

This is pretty damn cool and one of the best uses of a drone I've ever seen.

I couldn't get the embedded video to play in preview so here's the link just in case it doesn't work:
http://youtu.be/eGimzB5QM1M

[Lorric]

Wow, that was nice.

I haven't been able to get the Youtube function to work either, but I can confirm if you get it right in the preview it will work, since I was using a quote of a successful usage of the function to try and figure it out and that did appear in the preview.

[headdie]

that was pretty cool

[rscaper1070]

Wow, that was nice.

I haven't been able to get the Youtube function to work either, but I can confirm if you get it right in the preview it will work, since I was using a quote of a successful usage of the function to try and figure it out and that did appear in the preview.

Ah, good idea. I will now hunt down a working post.

Edit: Now I get it, You don't need the whole URL. Derp.

[Lorric]

And now I've figured out what the problem with mine was. The video I tried to use had a strange url for some reason. I pasted it's name into youtube, and when I clicked it, it had a normal url this time and worked. 

[haloboy100]

You mean we haven't been able to do this until now? A rocket that can hover and adjust its altitude while maintaining orientation?

[headdie]

You mean we haven't been able to do this until now? A rocket that can hover and adjust its altitude while maintaining orientation?

the difference is that this is made by private enterprise and is part of a program by SpaceX to make a reusable returning rocket

[deathfun]

Pretty cool though

[watsisname]

You mean we haven't been able to do this until now? A rocket that can hover and adjust its altitude while maintaining orientation?

They're not testing hoverable rocketry, they're testing reusable rocketry.  Each of these tests will achieve higher altitude and velocity.

Grasshopper program

[Rodo]

unbelievable, they actually managed to get a rocket to land safely back without loosing it's vertical orientation, and it even says something about holding against wind.

cool stuff.

[Nuke]

You mean we haven't been able to do this until now? A rocket that can hover and adjust its altitude while maintaining orientation?

the difference is that this is made by private enterprise and is part of a program by SpaceX to make a reusable returning rocket

yea, remember the dc-x:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X

difference is that the dc-x was government funded.

[Scourge of Ages]

Watching that video, I kept expecting a parachute to pop out and the engines fade. Until I realize what was happening, then I was all 

[watsisname]

Meanwhile in Kerbal Russian Space Program

[Nuke]

awesome

[rscaper1070]

Meanwhile in Kerbal Russian Space Program

That shockwave at the end is awesome.

P.S.- Why you no embed?

[Luis Dias]

I'd also say that this rocket seems a little bigger than the DC-X, although I am truly amazed by what they accomplished 20 years ago. I hope they do not soccumb to idiotic politics now.

[watsisname]

Why you no embed?

I don't like embedding -- making text into link is superior.  Like a box of chocolates you never know what you're gonna get.

[Klaustrophobia]

it amuses me that the related videos for the russian rocket is filled with UFO videos.

and the comments screaming SABOTAGE!

[SypheDMar]

Why you no embed?

I don't like embedding -- making text into link is superior.  Like a box of chocolates you never know what you're gonna get.

Reminds me of this.

[Rodo]

Why you no embed?

I don't like embedding -- making text into link is superior.  Like a box of chocolates you never know what you're gonna get.

I'm not gonna press that link.

must not press it.

must not.

damn.