Next Big Future: Spacex Grasshopper reusable rocket flies to 744 me...: On Monday, October 7th, Grasshopper completed its highest leap to date, rising to 744 meter altitude. This is two and half times the previou...
Update:
This isn't even a record. In the nineties, there was a similar program to take off and land vertically called the DC-X. I read about this over the weekend, but I don't record the altitude record, but it was much higher than this.
Not to disparage the accomplishment. Just to remind everybody that this isn't really all that new.
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