SpaceX’s Grasshopper rocket hover to a new high of 2,441 feet before relanding(thenextweb.com)

103 pointsby 0cool13 lat temu9 comments

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/10/12/watch-spacexs-grasshopper-rocket-hover-to-new-high-of-2441-feet-before-relanding/

4 comments

deletes13 lat temu

Already discussed here( with a direct link to the video ): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6539649

opminion13 lat temu

And with a title in metric units, which is more informative to those outside the US.

shmerl13 lat temu

US switch to metric system is long overdue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_Stat...

I wish temperature and distance would be measured in metric commonly. So far the most we get are volume and mass on packages.

Diamons13 lat temu

Trust me, not even the US likes the imperial system.

-A college student

Sagat13 lat temu

I think we should start a cult around Musk.

patrickk13 lat temu

I think reddit is way ahead of you. The amount of fanboyism there is ridiculous (I'm an admirer myself but some of the worshipping is crazy there).

anovikov13 lat temu

They'd better try shutting engine down completely during flight and restarting it. That would mean much more than these hops.

badass13 lat temu

That's not that high. There are buildings higher than this.

omni13 lat temu

There is exactly one building taller than this. So not only is your comment unconstructive, it's wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_th...