Masten Space XA-1.0 +

[ONeilYu]

when will you be building those?

[boinkboink1968]

It looks a lot like DCX before the Bush administration pulled the plug.

They should have continued with it, that was innovation.

[mackjsm]

Look almost real...

[dplanefilms]

The launch would be possible but that many engines would be unlikely. By the time the rocket returned to earth it would have been out of fuel. A more practical answer would be payload parachute(s) followed by low thruster boosts before landing.

Nice try, but it won't fly!!!

[ignoblius]

I would rather hear some narration explaining the flight process than that stupid music.

[ORBITALdst]

Fantasy? Unreal? Crazy?

[44R0Ndin]

it is possible, you just have to fly it like a helicopter, the rocket engines would replace the main rotors, and it would use attitude control jets to keep itself upright. it would most likely need a three-axis accelerometer and a 3 axis gyroscope to even have a chance of doing all that autonomously

[wikkit42]

The IMU does have both. They're necessary just to take off and hover, let alone do a suborbital trajectory.

[SIP100]

What the hell, cool idea, but the music sucks something horrible and ruined the video. Poor taste.

[Antros23]

soo unreal..

[DarthTrailer]

Are they crazy? There is no way that thing could remain upright and use rockets to descend back to earth. Do they think this is the moon? It would be falling at almost 200mph and would be completely unstable without fins or a chute. This is a total fantasy.

[wikkit42]

Ha. Perhaps you should learn a bit about GN&C. The vehicle that flies that profile will be different than the one shown (it will have less engines, for one thing) but it's entirely possible.

200MPH is wrong too, it'll fall much faster than that.