Near space Armadillo Stiga rocket launch to 140,000 feet super wide angle

[aronchai]

--cheme?

[aronchai]

What role will this rocket play in the final launch s

[JLTSoft]

Why is the rocket spinning on the way up? It looks as if it is out of control.

[SEL9000]

Hey guys! Well done job. Very special and good quality video. Congratulations for the success of the first Stiga mission. Always fingers crossed for the next missions what will come up.

[Akihiro1750]

Too dreadfulness!

[Tripw0l]

There's an awful lot of negative space in this video and the noise is atrocious. Maybe next time figure out a better way to crop the footage and edit the audio.

[sandoval91402]

THANK GOD I was watching porn before i clicked this video.....

[LazySmi]

HELLO? HELLO? WTF why has this video not got any sound?

[socoldicanCmybreath]

turn your phone sideways! lol jk..

[Rawbeh]

R.I.P. headphone users

[marcinovski]

!!!VOLUME WARNING

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TURN DOWN YOUR SPEAKERS BEFORE STARTING VIDEO

[sibzter]

@marcinovski Oh god... THANK YOU!!!!!

[tminustech]

@marcinovski You sir are a saint.

[CeliacPop]

This justifies why anyone would ever want to go to space. I understand it now, that was a fantastic video to watch. The minute or so in complete silence was beautiful.

[lightside4]

reality hits you hard, bro.

[LXMcCool]

That first 45 seconds set my speakers on fire

[RawrMyNameIsSpencer]

MY EARS!

[theB0ogeyman]

like, whoa, man.

[cyanidesan]

like the toshiba chair!

[ClassyGamecock]

Well done sir. This is amazing. 

[MrTomasD]

Can you please tell why did you go for ram air parachute? It doesn't look like an optimal solution, number one it has a better chance of failing (like it partially did), and it has a pretty good glide ratio and from this altitude it would have probably glided like 20km. Thanks.

[ArmadilloGadget]

@MrTomasD The ram air parachute is part of a system that will fly it back to the landing zone. It has it's own guidance system that activates when the chute is deployed. The system is made by Wamore Inc. They have been doing this for a while for the military. Typically they get within less than 100 meters from the intended landing point. Of course with the partial malfunction, we did not get to see it work properly this time.

[armadilloaerospace]

@MrTomasD There's a robot inside to fly it back to the launch site. It didn't work this time, but it's been demonstrated repeatedly in air drops of materiel.

[AntiProtonBoy]

Great to see the rocket cone descending nearby towards the end.

[hoh13q]

so how far off did it land?

[alalal1979]

Amazing, really great video. How come the rocket doesnt burn up on re entry, or does it not go high enough for that? Great video.

[awinterb]

@alalal1979 It's not falling fast enough for the friction against the air to burn it. You see friction creating enough heat to burn objects like meteors and the space shuttle because they're already traveling at high speed when they enter the atmosphere. The rocket was just free falling back to earth. You could perform high-altitude dives from 120,000 ft and not burn up.