Oooh! SpaceX's latest Grasshopper test - this one's pretty cool!

[backscatter712]

Here, they were doing a divert test - they got Grasshopper to move 100m horizontally as it flew 250m to the air, before it reversed direction and returned to the pad.

[tridim]

1. That doesn't look real, but I know it is. Wow!

[snooper2]

2. That is badass

[mikeysnot]

3. Bombad general!

[NuclearDem]

4. Very, very nice.

[hootinholler]

5. Reminds me of the old lunar lander game.

Pretty cool, can the do it on 'expert'?

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. That was the first computer game I ever played. I still have a copy on 5 1/4" floppy! n/t

[backscatter712]

10. Wow! Back when floppy disks were floppy! n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

11. I used to LOVE that game.

[Demo_Chris]

6. Amazing!

[JimDandy]

7. That is freaking fantastic! n/t

[ThoughtCriminal]

8. As God and Robert Heinlein intended