Onboard Xombie rocket video, engage the air brake - 2010.03.20

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Author:bbrockert
Published:2010-03-22 06:57:31

T' view from a camera near t' control bunker and two onboard cameras. Aye aye! Masten Space Systems XA-0.1B-750 rocket, arrr, aka Xombie, shiver me timbers, flies t' over 1000 feet before comin' down and landin' almost exactly where it took off from. Begad! T' rocket flies completely autonomously, usin' differential GPS and a six-axis inertial measurement unit. Avast, me proud beauty! We click go on a laptop, matey, and it flies itself. Blimey! Runs on isopropyl alcohol and liquid oxygen, about as forgivin' as you can get in rocket propellants. You could stick your hand in either.

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