Masten qualifies for Level2 of Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander X PRIZE Challenge 2009

[GT4604]

Lol the truck driver was just fine... whats wrong with you guys. It was in 2wd. The guy yelling at him needs to calm down :P

[bbrockert]

@GT4604 It was a freshly graded site, so he could have spun it in even deeper, with two dewars of liquid oxygen on the back. We had two minutes to win a million dollars, so I'll yell to re-task if that's what needs to be done.

[Time2Unwind]

Hahaha...the guy driving the truck reminds me of Dick Van Dyke falling all over the place, except that he does it while driving.

Seriously, they should have someone else handle the driving...even if he is the boss.

The flying was awesome, but the driving was hilarious!

[simoneface]

Congratulations, you went quite far from the Andiamo times!!

[ubermonkey]

"The Dude abides," Dave Masten continued.

[scasey1960]

Great job guys!

[DanFrederiksen]

wait, does this mean masten took level2 first prize over armadillo??

[adam1mc]

Good job.

That guy shouldn't be driving that truck though. Look at the truck. It's been beat to shit. I wouldn't let him be driving around that badass rocket.

[Membrane556]

The way it looks we might see someone win the Google lunar Xprize soon.

Winning level 2 of the Northrop lunar lander xprize is supposed to demonstrate enough delta V to perform a lunar landing.

Of course making it work in space will be a lot more work then making it work on earth.

[detibry]

whats its impulse

[slazar11]

Nice! I like the standing waves in the propulsion jet. Does this give any benefit?

[HAL11000]

Those are "shock diamonds". When a supersonic flow exits a rocket or jet nozzle, the heated gas expands, then over-expands, contracts, bounces, expands, over-expands etc, like an oscialling spring. Whenever the gas 'bounces', it heats, and whenever it overexpands, it cools, causing the bright and dark alternating patterns.

[coachbox]

Very well! The further successes!

[h4ck3rm1k3]

Good job! Proud of you!

[Zolio6]

Fascinating.

Yet seemingly useless.

[pumpuppthevolume]

hahahahahahahhahahahhaah useless hahahaha u r killing me have you any idea what is this about?????

[scasey1960]

This about creating a new industry that pushes the planet's economy out into the solar system.

[MegaSensimilla]

It's a shame more people do not see this kind of video...

The true American Spirit is proven to be indomitable by the likes of Mr. Masten! It is an inspiration to see the hard work of many people come to fruition in such a way.

Thank you for posting this video.

[ianmga]

930 pounds on take off. We've pushed it to 1000 on tests.

[jasonbadler]

that's awesome. how much thrust does that thing produce?

[sirachman]

Woot! Congrats Masten!

[sirachman]

Woot! Congrats Masten!