Stoke Space successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) developmental test flight of their reusable second stage rocket

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Stoke Space successfully conducted a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) developmental test flight of their reusable second stage rocket

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lemm.ee

These are the guys trying to make an AeroSpike engine. This looks to be a test of that! Super cool!

Dave

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There is video, but I can only find on Twitter presently: https://twitter.com/stoke_space/status/1703569700540883195

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lemmy.world

Pretty sure those are several small distinct engines, but at high altitude with a large expansion ratio it will kind of work like an aerospike

TenderfootGungi

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Everyday Astronaut did a video on the vehicle. it shows a test fire but not the hop (have seen that on YouTube as well). Worth a watch: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EY8nbSwjtEY.

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