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Uploaded by on May 29, 2006

Masten Space Systems animation of XA-1.0 suborbital spaceship. The Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) prototype that will compete for Lunar Lander Challenge at X Prize Cup 2006 is XA-0.1, which does not look like XA-1.0. See www.masten-space.com for official information. [Added soundtrack by Cruc Topiary, not authorized by Masten Space Systems, but not prohibited]

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  • when will you be building those?

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

    They should have continued with it, that was innovation.

  • Look almost real...

  • 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!!!

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

  • Fantasy? Unreal? Crazy?

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

  • 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.

  • 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

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

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