“While everyone chats about Elon Musk’s ‘hyperloop’ concept, one of his companies, SpaceX, has been showing off some actual hardware. On Tuesday, SpaceX flew Grasshopper to an altitude of 250 meters, this time including a 100 meter lateral maneuver in the process, before returning the reusable launch vehicle demonstrator back to the center of the pad. ‘The test demonstrated the vehicle’s ability to perform more aggressive steering maneuvers than have been attempted in previous flights,’ the company said in an emailed statement. ‘Grasshopper is taller than a ten story building, which makes the control problem particularly challenging.'”

http://www.newspacejournal.com/2013/08/14/grasshopper-demonstrates-its-lateral-moves/

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