Howdy!

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:36 PM, Rob Davenport <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw the video on Instagram and (not knowing what it was at first)
> suspected it was video run backwards of a launch.
> This was impressive.   And made me think of the A. Bertram Chandler "John
> Grimes" novels I recently discovered - classic 50s ships riding down on
> flames and landing and settling to stand vertically.
>
I watched the first successful landing live. It was wildly impressive
to see the
rocket come into the frame, engines blazing, with a fair bit of speed
still on. I
watched the legs extend into landing position starting at maybe two lengths
of altitude. It didn't "kill the descent" and settle gently. It rode
the deceleration
curve right down to the ground, running out of altitude and speed near
simultaneously. It didn't so much "settle" as "land decisively".

yours,
Michael

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