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The Grasshopper Can Fly Sideways

Phoghat writes "I'm of a 'certain age' and as a child grew up watching shows like "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger and others popular at the dawn of the space age. They always showed rocket ships sitting on their tails and blasting off, and landing, straight up. The shuttle went up that way but had to land like a plane, and anything else was considered impossible or impractical. Now, the Space X's rocket Grasshopper can not only do that, but has demonstrated sideways flight also."

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  1. Editing lessons by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They always showed rocket ships sitting on their tails and blasting off, and landing, straight up[1]. The shuttle went up that way but had to land like a plane[2], and anything else[3] was considered impossible or impractical. Now, the Space X's rocket Grasshopper can not only do that

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