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Starchaser Rocket Capsule Drop Tests Successful

Posted by timothy on from the every-unicorn-survived dept.

thaig writes "Starchaser Industries reports that their NOVA 2 rocket capsule has completed two manned drop-tests from an altitude of 10,000 feet. The capsule was put through a number of manoeuvres during its descent to fully validate the steerable ram-air parachute canopy that made it possible to fly the craft like a glider. Starchaser Industries' Thunderbird project is a contender for the $10 million X-PRIZE. Here's the earlier story."

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  1. RKZ IS SEXY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    F tO the Pizzle! fo shizzle

  2. Big deal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So they dropped the tests successfully. I drop full on classes where I have to take tests, and it doesn't cause a Slashdot article.

  3. Black Prince, eh? by Raul654 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I'm telling you this guy is protected from up on high by the Prince of Darkness"

    --The Usual Suspects

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    To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
    --E.C. Stanton