The test trialed some innovative engineering designs, including one that Elon Musk had to abandon.
Stoke Space successfully landed its reusable second stage rocket system this week, an important demonstration of the company's innovative engineering concepts.Hopper launch vehicle lift off about 30 feet off the ground and safely return to the ground, landing in its targeted landing zone after flying for about 15 seconds.
."We've also proven that our novel approach to robust and rapidly reusable space vehicles is technically sound, and we've obtained an incredible amount of data that will enable us to confidently evolve the vehicle design from a technology demonstrator to a reliable reusable space vehicle," the
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