[AR] Re: Finally.

  • From: David McMillan <skyefire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:37:00 -0500

On 11/20/2021 6:14 PM, Anthony Cesaroni wrote:


https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/20/22792942/astra-reaches-orbit-first-time-lv0007-rocket

    Did they lay the rocket horizontally before launch this time?  :)

   Joke aside, it's always good to see a new vehicle succeed. And mad props to the people behind Astra's FCS -- even if it didn't make orbit, a rocket that can "moonwalk" a few hundred yards across the landscape under strong positive control even after losing an engine, and /then/ recover to its planned flight path...

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