SpaceX’s Grasshopper rocket hover to a new high of 2,441 feet before relanding

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

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

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

-A college student

uptil I looked at the receipt which had said $9272, I didn't believe that my mom in-law woz realie bringing in money in there spare time on there computar.. there friends cousin haz done this 4 only about eighteen months and recently cleard the mortgage on their place and bourt a great opel. additional info ==========================

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shmerl 12y ago ↗

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.

badass 12y ago ↗

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

omni 12y ago ↗

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...

Sagat 12y ago ↗

I think we should start a cult around Musk.

patrickk 12y ago ↗

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).

anovikov 12y ago ↗

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

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

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