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. Masten Space Systems XA-0.1B-750 rocket, aka Xombie, shiver me timbers, flies t' over 1000 feet before comin' down and landin' almost exactly where it took off from. Well, blow me down! T' rocket flies completely autonomously, usin' differential GPS and a six-axis inertial measurement unit. We click go on a laptop, ya bilge rat, and it flies itself. 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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