Armadillo Aerospace Flight Paves Way For Science Payloads 63
Matt_dk writes "Armadillo Aerospace conducted two groundbreaking atmospheric test flights this weekend with their 'Mod' vertical-takeoff-vertical-landing rocket, a vehicle familiar to anyone who has followed NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge competitions. Flying from their test facility in Caddo Mills, Texas, Armadillo Aerospace first completed a milestone flight under a NASA contract, using methane fuel and liquid oxygen as propellant. Later that same afternoon, a second successful low-altitude flight was performed using a 'boosted hop' trajectory of the same type that will be used for suborbital flights to space."
Hm (Score:4, Funny)
Re:D'oh! (Score:3, Funny)
Blast! I had just escaped the apostrophe Nazis too.
Nobody escapes the apostrophe Nazis!
As my high school physics teacher said... (Score:2, Funny)
You put enough speed behind anything, and it'll fly. Now it might burn up due to friction with the atmosphere, but rest assure that it will fly (until there's nothing left of it.)
Re:D'oh! (Score:5, Funny)
No, he meant Nobody escapes the apostrophe Nazi\'s!
Re:D'oh! (Score:3, Funny)
You cannot escape ze Apostrophe Nazis! Ve duped Apostrophe Neville Chamberlain and conquered Apostrophe Austria, and ve vill soon invade Apostrophe Poland!
(Personally, I much prefer the amusement of quote nazis [unnecessaryquotes.com])
Re:Hm (Score:1, Funny)
I dunno about armadillos, but hedgehogs can. [armorgames.com]
Beer? (Score:2, Funny)