First for the Second Time?
May. 28th, 2010 11:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stickmakerAerospace 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?
"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?
