Masten starts tethered flight tests

[soyuztma]

Masten Space Systems is now doing tethered flight tests of their XA 0.1 vehicle: MSS officially enters flight testing. There are videos available.<br />Because these are the first test the vehicle is far from stable and they have some ignition problems. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[spacefire]

looks very Armadillish. Good luck to them, competition is always good! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[no_way]

kudos !<br /><br />i know of these current VTVL suborbital developments that have shown signigicant hardware<br />- Armadillo<br />- Masten<br />- Blue Origin<br />- TGV Rockets<br />- Japanese RVT followup<br /><br />I think theres a pretty good chance that we'll see operational VTVL suborbital craft before end of the decade. How cool is that ?<br /><br />Armadillo is saying they will cost roughly $10K for suborbital 100km flight. Even if they price it at $20K for neat $10K profit, im saving up already.<br />

 

[holmec]

Very good! Like the incremental approach. <br /><br />And Good luck in the lunar lander challenge. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#0000ff"><em>"SCE to AUX" - John Aaron, curiosity pays off</em></font></p> </div>