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One Small Step

Posted by Hemos on from the moving-forward dept.

redcliffe writes "Armadillo Aerospace has completed their first successful manned flight. It's only a small hop but it looks very cool."

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  1. It just makes me nervous... by dr00g911 · · Score: 3, Funny

    My personal favorite quote from the article:

    We had an ambulance on site, just in case. This is surprisingly inexpensive, and should be considered by anyone doing something potentially dangerous.

    Not sure if that was sarcasm, doe-eyed naivete or what, but it sure made me hella-nervous while I was waiting for the /.ed video feed to load.

    Congrats, guys! Precautionary ambulances or not, it takes some big brass balls to do this stuff, much less succeed -- no matter how small the increment.

    1. Re:It just makes me nervous... by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

      had an ambulance on site, just in case

      Seems kinda pointless to me.

      Experimental rocketry is one of those cases where everyone walks out without a scratch, or you do your crew recovery with an industrial wet-dry vacuum cleaner.

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