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    Mark Harrison April 6, 2011 at 3:33pm
    All kidding aside, are there any existing vectored thrust quads currently?  It seems the control principles would be similar to helicopter-like quads, right?
  • Paul Marsh April 6, 2011 at 2:33pm

    I guess NASA has gone Hollywood--sound in space.  I wonder why they did that?  Is it necessary to keep the attention of the masses?

    (If you didn't watch the video, they play sounds of rockets firing, stages separating, etc. all in outer space.)

  • Jack Crossfire April 6, 2011 at 2:21pm
    When it 1st came out, almost 10 years ago, we thought it would never work.  Now, maybe it'll work, if it's ever funded to completion.  John Carmack has had hovering rockets for 10 years, using GPS.  Maybe if they use video & somehow see through the rocket exhaust, it'll work.  They never said how it would be tested.
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    Mark Harrison April 6, 2011 at 2:07pm
    @Joe, not the thing with wheels, the thing flying in the air! ;-)
  • Alex McEwan April 6, 2011 at 12:39pm

    Thats one large quad have you seen the size of Curiosity

     

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