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Rutans' X-prize Entry Tested In Re-Entry Configuration

Posted by timothy on from the one-among-many dept.

evenprime writes "Burt Rutan's X-Prize entry has completed another drop test. This is the second drop over-all, and the first with its wings locked into their re-entry position. The flight results are here."

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  1. NASA by iCat · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If I worked for NASA, I might consider a change of employer.

  2. Can't Wait! by at_kernel_99 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    From the mission summary:

    Observers in the chase Starship were treated to a closeup bizarre view of the spaceship plunging downward in a rock-stable near vertical feathered descent. First public showings of these videos will be on 26 September at the annual SETP symposium in Los Angeles.