Thursday, March 6, 2014

Project Morpheus reaches for the skies


Congratulations to the Project Morpheus team.  Their prototype made its latest test flight at the Kennedy Space Center this week, launching from a purpose-built pad, then navigating to a landing on a simulated boulder-strewn lunar-type surface, including changing its planned landing spot to 'avoid obstacles' as part of the test.  I recommend watching the video in full-screen mode.





That's quite an achievement.  If the project works as planned, and the vehicle can be refueled using elements found on the Moon or other planets, it may offer a unique cargo delivery system and a way to return samples to a spaceship in orbit.

Peter

1 comment:

Noons said...

and yet, in the sci-fi movies it looks so much easier and harmless!
:)