Watch Flight 2 of Armadillo Aerospace’s successful attempt to qualify to win Level 2 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. See Super Mod aka Scorpius return from the lunar surface pad to its original start position. The competition is still open as there are other teams attempting to win the $1M first place prize purse later in October 2009. You can find out more about NGLLC 2009 at: http://space.xprize.org/lunar-lander-challenge
You can also see photos at: www.lauchpad.xprize.org
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September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
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September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
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September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
well duh!, Are you …
well duh!, Are you being sarcastic or are you really so stupid as to compare a rocket engine to that of a car for efficiency
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
it looks like some …
it looks like some kind of freaky S & M anal toy.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Same here.
Same here.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Cool video.
I …
Cool video.
I seriously thought it was only 2 feet high all the way up to the end. when those people ran out it changed my whole perspective.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Haha i thought that …
Haha i thought that thing was tiny in the beginning but the end really suprised me
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Your friends prop …
Your friends prop plane wont get you very far on the moon.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
It’s quite …
It’s quite impressive, except the landing which is very rough, you’d break glasses and stuff stored inside, so it’s not practical. Back to the drawing boards boys.. oops, we’re in the modern era where people now use “she” instead of “he” to refer to “people” in general… so I meant to say, “back to the drwaing boards ma’ ladies”… oops, but that may sound too galant and I may be taken to court by the NAACP.. oh man, I just can’t win, can I? ..sigh..
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Dude, don’t call …
Dude, don’t call people rendered… it’s not their fault if they’re born that way.. sheesh, have some sensitivity.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Not really… It …
Not really… It looks to be about 22 gallons of fuel and it only traveled about 100 meters round-trip. With that much gas I can go about 720 miles in my car, thus the car is far more efficient. Granted, the car cannot fly, but my frien’s small prop plane still would get about 400 miles on that much fuel.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Well, the …
Well, the government won’t fully disclose what that 2:15 object was, other than to say the typical explanation of a “weather balloon” which I and my UFOcon comittee know is total bull malarkey (or however you spell malarky). A local rastaurant waitress said she saw it out the window of the local Big Boys and saw “grey” beings inside with big black eyes.. I smell yet another gov’t coverup.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Yeah, it may be …
Yeah, it may be bigger than a person, but you still cannot ride in it to Mars, so it’s a total waste of money. I know I’m not buying one. Besides, flipping’ government will probably require a pilot’s license anyways.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Wow, did not …
Wow, did not realise how big that thing was till the end!
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
some debris blown …
some debris blown up from the ground is what it looks like
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
-3 huh? Swoosh.. …
-3 huh? Swoosh.. Above your heads. haha.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
OMG.. i had thought …
OMG.. i had thought that thing was small.. like … toy kindda small.. till the end! its bigger then a person!
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Couple notes on my …
Couple notes on my 2nd viewing…in Hi-Def note the shockwave diamonds in the exhaust stream and it’s fun to watch John Carmac’s software wiggle the rocket nozzel back and forth stabalizing the landing. I believe that the duration is selected to simulate an actual lunar landing sequence. The rocket is almost all fuel and oxidizer tanks, enough propellant for the couple minutes’ flight.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Looks like very …
Looks like very good control and a long duration flight! Congratulations!!
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Great! You only …
Great! You only really get a sense of scale at the end of the video and was quite surprised at the size of it.. Out of curiosity was that a UAV launched at 2:15 off to the right?
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
As I watch this, I …
As I watch this, I see a great civilization spanning this whole star system and preparing for first manned flight outside the Oort cloud…
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
nice.
nice.
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
such a LONG burn …
such a LONG burn time for something so small! very efficient
September 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
very nice work, …
very nice work, simple design is best