X-Wing Rocket Launches, Disintegrates 240
An anonymous reader writes "Remember the 21-foot X-Wing with four rocket engines? It launched yesterday from Plaster City and here's the video showing what many thought inevitable: total destruction in mid-air. From the post: "I can only say two things. The first is: absolutely amazing. And the second: poor Porkins." "
a few moments before the launch (Score:5, Funny)
\ X-Wing. May I help you? /
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\ O| |O|
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Yoda says.... (Score:5, Funny)
Yeeeeeeeeaaaahhhhhh! (Score:1, Funny)
She'll hold together (Score:5, Funny)
I'm not surprised (Score:5, Funny)
Darth Vader Quote... (Score:5, Funny)
two items from video (Score:4, Funny)
and, if you listen carefully at the very end of the video, the announcer proclaims, "shit" over the loudspeaker
hilarious.
Re:Too bad they weren't engineers (Score:3, Funny)
Only the ones that actually tried sitting in the cockpits. Real nerds know that you test things you are not absolutely certain will work with something/someone you don't mind breaking, e.g., jocks.
Well... (Score:5, Funny)
Please... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Maybe I missed it... (Score:3, Funny)
Wanted: New R2 unit (Score:3, Funny)
Send inquiries to L. Skywalker, Endor National Hospital.
The chute worked... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:two items from video (Score:2, Funny)
To shreds, you say? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Spacecraft becomes Aircraft. (Score:5, Funny)
Whatever. I suppose with enough shields and inertia dampeners you can do almost anything.
No Kidding.
The stuff they did with Boston after mounting it on that guitar-shaped spaceframe are really impressive.
Reentry capability [images-amazon.com] after interstellar flight was a necessity, while hovering on pressor beams [vinylzart.com] simplified the search for a suitable landing area. The asteroid clearing capabilities [google.com] made manouvering in planetary ring systems possible and the debris shielding [cjnetworks.com] was impressive. Needed a little boost [cjnetworks.com] to get out of the atmosphere, though.
The early prototypes [mediaspin.com] weren't as sleek but worked pretty well, too.
Re:To shreds, you say? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh dear.
Re:She'll hold together (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yoda says.... (Score:3, Funny)
They should have left the targeting computer on. Dumb Star Wars nuts.
Obi-Wan's disembodied voice: "Luke! Use the targeting computer! That's what it's there for!"
Re:two items from video (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Top Gear Reliant Robin Rocket (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Spacecraft becomes Aircraft. (Score:3, Funny)