>> ^chingalera:

Tubby little bastard..Used to seeing rockets all slim n sexy-Looks like some lozenge taking-off and landing.
Remember the Lunar Lander arcade game all you old geeks? Dropped many a 4-bits on that one!


Loved that game. Here's an updated version.
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/lunar-lander

Tubby little bastard..Used to seeing rockets all slim n sexy-Looks like some lozenge taking-off and landing.

Remember the Lunar Lander arcade game all you old geeks? Dropped many a 4-bits on that one!

I simply don't have the words to express how stupid people are that say we never landed on the moon I mean seriously WTF is wrong with you people. I mean the evidence is still freakin' up there just look for yourself.
http://gizmodo.com/5837658/new-detailed-images-show-lunar-landing-sites-at-higher-resolution/gallery/1
>> ^spoco2:

>> ^poolcleaner:
Pre-information age.

And unfortunately post information age

Women's monthlies follow the lunar calendar.

I can see Lunar Yap being a euphemism for yonny.

And yeah. Romney and Ryan do torment my vagina.


>> ^critical_d:

I Torment My Lunar Yap

I Torment My Lunar Yap

>> ^skinnydaddy1:

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
>> ^charliem:
Pretty sure John Carmack (of Doom fame) was one of the lead software engineers on this project.

Your thinking of Armadillo Aerospace, which lost out slightly to this company, Masten Space Systems, in the NASA and Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge X Prize in 2009 for the level 2 test. Armadillo Aerospace won the level one test, but the second level was a million bucks to the $350k of the first.

Was this the company that got several tries for the contest were Armadillo Aerospace only got one?


Armadillo Aerospace's vehicle could of made another attempt, but they decided against it because of a burned through engine nozzle, and rolled the vehicle at takeoff that caused other damage. Rockets ain't easy!

>> ^GeeSussFreeK:

>> ^charliem:
Pretty sure John Carmack (of Doom fame) was one of the lead software engineers on this project.

Your thinking of Armadillo Aerospace, which lost out slightly to this company, Masten Space Systems, in the NASA and Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge X Prize in 2009 for the level 2 test. Armadillo Aerospace won the level one test, but the second level was a million bucks to the $350k of the first.


Was this the company that got several tries for the contest were Armadillo Aerospace only got one?

Mission control will play like the Lunar Lander game.

>> ^PHJF:

Lunar!?!?
Who the shit gives a shit about the moon anymore (unless it's Phobos)?!?! What is this, 1960?


If you want to go to mars, having a base on the moon is a good first step. And while a direct trip to the mars is still physically a possibility, a useful staging ground could be the moon. Water is heavy, and the discovery of polar water on the moon means you could drastically reduce takeoff weight by supplying water from the moon. Also, this is a very advanced rocket that could see use elsewhere. Most rockets don't burn in a controllable way; once you start them, they go until they run out of fuel. More over, most don't allow for thrust throttling, wide open throttle until the fuel depletes. And on top of all that, it is able to vector its thrust that is being dynamically altered to keep a relatively clean trajectory.

Another way to look at it is the moon is a good place to practice ferrying people. Might as well use your own back yard (the moon: 384,400 km away) than a distance planet (Mars: 56 million km away at the closet point) for a technology test bed.

Lunar!?!?

Who the shit gives a shit about the moon anymore (unless it's Phobos)?!?! What is this, 1960?

>> ^PHJF:

Pretty sure a vehicle entering martian atmosphere has a longer drop and higher velocity than that.


It was a Lunar contest, so that is most likely accurate.

>> ^charliem:

Pretty sure John Carmack (of Doom fame) was one of the lead software engineers on this project.


Your thinking of Armadillo Aerospace, which lost out slightly to this company, Masten Space Systems, in the NASA and Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge X Prize in 2009 for the level 2 test. Armadillo Aerospace won the level one test, but the second level was a million bucks to the $350k of the first.

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