Ben Brockert | Flying Xombie rocket robot first-ever in-air restart - three view @bbrockert | Uploaded May 2010 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Masten Space Systems Xombie rocket vehicle takes off with an alcohol/liquid oxygen engine, shuts the engine off in a fit of pique, and restarts it to land.
Very very scary if you're there and you built it. This is the first time anyone has ever successfully restarted a biprop VTVL rocket in mid-air.
Left camera is by Ken Brown, center is Tim Ellis who was in the second week of his internship, and right camera was one I sat on the concrete wall I was planning to hide behind if the rocket was to crash.
Masten Space Systems Xombie rocket vehicle takes off with an alcohol/liquid oxygen engine, shuts the engine off in a fit of pique, and restarts it to land.
Very very scary if you're there and you built it. This is the first time anyone has ever successfully restarted a biprop VTVL rocket in mid-air.
Left camera is by Ken Brown, center is Tim Ellis who was in the second week of his internship, and right camera was one I sat on the concrete wall I was planning to hide behind if the rocket was to crash.
