SpaceX Grasshopper reached a new height record

SpaceX has done a lot of test flights with their Grasshopper missiles and last week with a new record set. Grasshopper was taller than 743m - this is the highest level Grasshopper has achieved in previous tests.

Using a camera mounted on a four-blade unmanned aerial drone, SpaceX's engineers shot a close-up of the Grasshopper image. When the rocket started to fly, the camera began to adjust and record its slow boot image. This time Grasshoper almost flew vertically, not shifting to the side like the test in August.

Grasshopper rocket v1.0 is just a test version of the reusable missile line developed by SpaceX. It consists of a stage rocket tank with a Falcon 9 of 26m in total height of 32.3m of v1.0, a Merlin 1-D engine, 4-landing landing gear, a support structure, and an advanced navigation system. Merlin 1-D engines operate on liquid oxygen and RP-1, a highly refined form of kerosene, can produce thrust equivalent to 68,000kg.

If successfully developed, SpaceX Grasshopper promises to replace the space missiles that can only be used once, and it will reduce the cost of carrying out flights into space and return, opening one. promising future for space tourism. According to Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, in 2029, the price for a trip to Mars for the whole family will only be about 500,000 USD, some money is not too high for rich billionaires.