First for the Second Time?

[stickmaker]

Aerospace news item:

"Masten Space Systems, a leader in vertical take off,
vertical landing (VTVL) rocket vehicles, successfully demonstrated
in-air engine re-light capability today at the company's test
facility in Mojave, CA. Xombie, Masten's most-flown vehicle,
carried out the test Wednesday and became the first VTVL vehicle
to successfully re-light a rocket engine in flight."

Uhm, didn't the LEM do that on Apollo 13?

Comments

[wikkit42.livejournal.com]

The LM wasn't VTVL. It had a vertical landing stage, and a separate vertical takeoff stage. It did do engine relights, but it wasn't a single VTVL reusable vehicle.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

You are nitpicking. The LM landed vertically, it took off vertically, and your qualification "but it wasn't a single VTVL reusable vehicle" is not actually a part of the claim in the news item.

You'll have to work harder to convince me that Rod is wrong.

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

You are nitpicking. The LM landed vertically, it took off vertically, and your qualification "but it wasn't a single VTVL reusable vehicle" is not actually a part of the claim in the news item.

You'll have to work harder to convince me that Rod is wrong.