I Landed A Rocket Like SpaceX - Scout F on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2022–2025.
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Joe Barnard of BPS.space shows his model rocket Scout F landing vertically like a SpaceX booster after seven years of attempts. The video documents the successful landing and the build-up to it.
HN cites it as the landmark example of a hobbyist landing a rocket, and recommends the channel for following that progress.
“Would recommend, it’s been very cool to follow his progress over the years.”
4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
Linking to the primary source, Joe Barnard’s YouTube channel, BPSspace: ▶ this video . He’s got many videos on this. Would recommend, it’s been very cool to follow his progress over the years.
in “I Landed a (Model) Rocket Like SpaceX. It Took 7 Years” · View on HN
There's a hobbyist ~1m orbital hop vehicle: ▶ this video Pretty sure that, or some other hobbyist project, is going to take the prize for "smallest".
in “Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket” · View on HN
But there are actually so so many startups and garage enthusiasts at various stages of readiness to put payloads into orbit ▶ this video
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That's what I was thinking! For those who don't know BPS landing model rockets vertically, with legs. ▶ this video
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