Third time's the charm... Man this thing is so awesum. It looks sooo surreal, like some flying saucer or something. Great job Armadillo! Congratulations! Your ship is outta this world!
Yes they have, However, those jet packs spend there fuel rapidly (empty tank in 30 sec + or -). Moreover, the jet packs your talking of use high grade H2O2 as fuel (i think it's pressurized and a silver mesh creates the reaction that turns H2O2 into steam for thrust) and it's hard to get and or refine.
Couple notes on my 2nd viewing...in Hi-Def note the shockwave diamonds in the exhaust stream and it's fun to watch John Carmac's software wiggle the rocket nozzel back and forth stabalizing the landing. I believe that the duration is selected to simulate an actual lunar landing sequence. The rocket is almost all fuel and oxidizer tanks, enough propellant for the couple minutes' flight.
@kousoulides This thing is designed to be flown on the moon, under a vacuum: once the oxygen has been cut off, the residual fuel cannot burn like it is doing on earth, so you won't need a fire extinguisher.
to demonstrate this means it can provide the impulse necessary to deorbit from the moon and safely land on the surface i believe? hence the title lunar challenge
Great! You only really get a sense of scale at the end of the video and was quite surprised at the size of it.. Out of curiosity was that a UAV launched at 2:15 off to the right?
Superb work from the minds of Armadillo! Maybe they need to find a way to turn something like into a commercializable product, to reap more rewards from their fine work. I wonder if there's some kind of dual-use alternative market for something like this? How about making a small miniaturized version that could be marketed as a toy for adult geeks? (aka "overgrown kids")
I Really Like The Video Watch Flight 2 of Armadillo Aerospace's successful attempt to qualify to win Level 2 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge From Your
Right, you mean it's to land on the moon, right? Like I said, the scientists I spoke with who were part of this project said it cannot even get itself to the moon.
Of course it doesn't fly to the Moon! The Lunar Module didn't fly to the Moon itself, that's why the Saturn V was made! This is just the LANDER, it would be boosted into orbit and to the Moon by a larger rocket.
The way it hung there for so long, both after takeoff and right before landing, makes me wonder if there was some issue with throttle control. Either that, or they wanted to burn off excess fuel before landing it, for fear of a fire or explosion. Neither one makes me feel good about the flight, even though it was amazing otherwise.
Ok, FIRST OF ALL, WHO THE HECK KEEPS GIVING ME THE NEGATIVE THUMBS DOWN?!!! To EvilSpork29, I already admitted that the car would need some additional equipment to work, like big tires and something to put oxygen into the engine because gasoline needs oxygen to burn and there just isn't enough on the moon. Plus you'd have to put a lot of sealer stuff on the inner part of the car to make it air tight so you don't lose your air inside it.
of evidence to suggest otherwise. Alls i can tell you is to look at the likely hood of the two sides and you will realize that even though you may not like it for some unknown reason, there are 6 lunar descent stage modules on the surface of the moon, one Saturn V 3 stage vehicle that till this day is weakly broken earths gravity and floating way out in space and finally the words of astronauts themselves as well as thousands of other people who had a part in the great accomplishment.
Well, I mean, of course I know a plane cannot fly on the moon due to the low air content, and I realize it's possible a normal car may have to be outfitted a lot to work on the moon, affecting gas mileage, but my point is that a car would go SO MUCH further. Rockets are cool, but impractical.
@mrplease66 look Mr. news guy : first of all you can't diagnose the reason of the flames on youtube maybe the liquid oxygen was leaking too did you exam the Nozzle ?!! second don't you see that there is some one already mention that theory before you? what the point of repeating his talk ?!!
Not really... It looks to be about 22 gallons of fuel and it only traveled about 100 meters round-trip. With that much gas I can go about 720 miles in my car, thus the car is far more efficient. Granted, the car cannot fly, but my frien's small prop plane still would get about 400 miles on that much fuel.
What do you mean it doesn't fly to the moon? Then how does the rocket make it into orbit then? You aren't making sense, did you leave out a sentence by accident? My weekend scientists club and I have calculated this 10 times now, there simply is no way THIS ROCKET IN THE VIDEO CAN GET INTO ORBIT!! It simply hasn't enough fuel. Oh, and you don't have to be all mean to me. I'm just trying to make science friends here. So, I forgive you, my friend.
Why are so many of my comments negatived out so they're not shown!!? Anyways, this thing is not as good as it looks, I asked if it could lift up a 5 ton satellite into orbit and they said no and THAT IT CANNOT EVEN GET INTO OBIT by itself...soooo, I guess that closes down this project pretty fast. Shame too cuz it was looking pretty good for a bit there.
Heyyyyyyy.....you can't do that! Who gave you permission to fly a 'Hillbilly' moonshine still so it can loiter and/or move laterally/vertically and land smoothly? Huh?! So you just think you're gonna get out your calculators and make hardware, firmware and write code? Listen Armadillo: I'm watching you! Yeah baby! Carry on. (I am Dr. Sarcasticus...)
sweet! so who is going to be the guy to run over to the lander once it lands on the moon to put out the fire??? when will you all admit the earth is stationary and not in motion as this video represents?
It's quite impressive, except the landing which is very rough, you'd break glasses and stuff stored inside, so it's not practical. Back to the drawing boards boys.. oops, we're in the modern era where people now use "she" instead of "he" to refer to "people" in general... so I meant to say, "back to the drwaing boards ma' ladies"... oops, but that may sound too galant and I may be taken to court by the NAACP.. oh man, I just can't win, can I? ..sigh..
Они изобретают колесо, потому что никогда не садились на Луну и пытаются решить эту проблему. Сесть на Луну крайне проблематично. Нужно знать высоту и вектор скорости в каждой точке траектории в системе координат Луны и постоянно интегрировать траекторию. Гироскопы здесь не помогут. Нужно сканировать поверхность Луны лучами.
Yeah, it may be bigger than a person, but you still cannot ride in it to Mars, so it's a total waste of money. I know I'm not buying one. Besides, flipping' government will probably require a pilot's license anyways.
+Nature Hacker This comment makes me believe that there is truly no hope left in humanity. What do you stand to gain from the "fact" that this is cgi? What benefits are there for this being cgi? NONE. Congrats, you've just humiliate yourself on the internet. Go accomplish something with your life before it is too late, like these people advancing rocketry - be remembered for something useful.
oh my... all that sounds impressive, yet im unconvinced. ;) what u guys and religious people have in common is blind faith! u havent set foot on the moon, u just choose to place your trust in certain people who tell u fantastic things. i also believed like u most of my life, cause it was the most likely option. that was until i began to question authority, mass media and the money makers. once i did that, the house of cards started falling apart...u should try that some day. its most humbling.
The more you look, the clearer it gets that that "house of cards" is made of brick and all that "falling apart" is something which only happens in your dreams, in which you are also a superhero in a spandex suit and also have the body to pull that of without looking like a blob, which should have given you a hint in the first place.
The ending was such a twist! the whole video I thought this thing was only the size of a basketball.
What are You douing here
LOL - me too!
Yeah, rockets tend to do that 🤣 love ur vids btw!
i thought it was like 3 feet tall untill that guy tried to put the flames out
Congrats to John and the entire team. Well done. Nice modular spacecraft.
Brilliant! You are demonstrating what can be done by the best and most motivated minds, well done!
the sound is awesome!
outstanding, especially the massive stability on the yaw
Looks like very good control and a long duration flight! Congratulations!!
It looks like it is in a 'Dont Shoot!' stance.
It is nice to see them go from an idea on a piece of paper to pulling this off.
You GO Armadillo and hope this is just the beginning. :)
IT WAS!!!!
awesome. Amazing how much control you guys have over the lander.
Congratulations to the Armadillo team! That is a beautiful sight.
Third time's the charm...
Man this thing is so awesum. It looks sooo surreal, like some flying saucer or something.
Great job Armadillo! Congratulations! Your ship is outta this world!
this needs to be filmed at night.
Great job guys!! I wish my days at the office were like that! :)
Yes they have, However, those jet packs spend there fuel rapidly (empty tank in 30 sec + or -). Moreover, the jet packs your talking of use high grade H2O2 as fuel (i think it's pressurized and a silver mesh creates the reaction that turns H2O2 into steam for thrust) and it's hard to get and or refine.
Couple notes on my 2nd viewing...in Hi-Def note the shockwave diamonds in the exhaust stream and it's fun to watch John Carmac's software wiggle the rocket nozzel back and forth stabalizing the landing. I believe that the duration is selected to simulate an actual lunar landing sequence. The rocket is almost all fuel and oxidizer tanks, enough propellant for the couple minutes' flight.
Whaooo ! really impressive test !!
what's this engine ?
Superb work guys!
depends on the orientation to say yaw? but if you assume same as the only other craft to land on the moon i guess you are correct.
@Elamin008 News Flash: No Atmosphere on moon! Flames visible at the end are from residue in the nozzle.
Best engine for my bike))
Revolution through competition. Best slogan ever.
@kousoulides This thing is designed to be flown on the moon, under a vacuum: once the oxygen has been cut off, the residual fuel cannot burn like it is doing on earth, so you won't need a fire extinguisher.
to demonstrate this means it can provide the impulse necessary to deorbit from the moon and safely land on the surface i believe? hence the title lunar challenge
Great! You only really get a sense of scale at the end of the video and was quite surprised at the size of it.. Out of curiosity was that a UAV launched at 2:15 off to the right?
Superb work from the minds of Armadillo!
Maybe they need to find a way to turn something like into a commercializable product, to reap more rewards from their fine work.
I wonder if there's some kind of dual-use alternative market for something like this? How about making a small miniaturized version that could be marketed as a toy for adult geeks? (aka "overgrown kids")
@Elamin008 how can you have fire without an oxidizer?
Dave's Farm needs to get into the contest!
nozzle swivels when near ground to compensate?
I swear that is great.
Have you played COD? Every Cod runs on code from Carmack. The First few CODs and Medal Of Honor ran on his id Tech 3 engine.
The founder of Armadillo Aerospace.
I kept waiting for it to start saying, "I am Nomad."
2:43 lovely shot
jetpacks can't be that far away. That was awsome!
It's pretty stable!
Yes indeed that was my mistake. Damn and now I have to add Romero to hit list :)
Congratulations are in order to the good folks at Armadillo Aerospace, a trully great achievement.
Now I can finaly forgive Carmack for Daikatana :)
I Really Like The Video Watch Flight 2 of Armadillo Aerospace's successful attempt to qualify to win Level 2 of the Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge From Your
Hey, I thought it is 10-storeys building high after reading top comments.
well said!
Excelente 👏👏👏
now i wanna play lunar lander
Recommended in 2020...
IS THERE ANYTHING JOHN CARMACK CANT DO BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE?
Way cool!But we need some new words.They could call it something like "Grungerstryf"or whatever.great video!!
@Elamin008 if it where to go into space and they cut off fuel there would be no oxygen to power the flame.
Right, you mean it's to land on the moon, right? Like I said, the scientists I spoke with who were part of this project said it cannot even get itself to the moon.
Who would douse the fire on moon?
:D
Did they just use a fire extinguisher on a rocket! 😂
I won't go anywhere near that thing
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Of course it doesn't fly to the Moon! The Lunar Module didn't fly to the Moon itself, that's why the Saturn V was made! This is just the LANDER, it would be boosted into orbit and to the Moon by a larger rocket.
The way it hung there for so long, both after takeoff and right before landing, makes me wonder if there was some issue with throttle control.
Either that, or they wanted to burn off excess fuel before landing it, for fear of a fire or explosion. Neither one makes me feel good about the flight, even though it was amazing otherwise.
Ok, FIRST OF ALL, WHO THE HECK KEEPS GIVING ME THE NEGATIVE THUMBS DOWN?!!!
To EvilSpork29, I already admitted that the car would need some additional equipment to work, like big tires and something to put oxygen into the engine because gasoline needs oxygen to burn and there just isn't enough on the moon. Plus you'd have to put a lot of sealer stuff on the inner part of the car to make it air tight so you don't lose your air inside it.
wow super cool
Why would you even do that?
Probably not an issue on the moon without an atmosphere to sustain a fire. :)
Carmack had nothing to do with Daikatana. You must be confusing him with John Romero.
OMG.. i had thought that thing was small.. like ... toy kindda small.. till the end! its bigger then a person!
WOW!
now this is what America is all about
some debris blown up from the ground is what it looks like
of evidence to suggest otherwise. Alls i can tell you is to look at the likely hood of the two sides and you will realize that even though you may not like it for some unknown reason, there are 6 lunar descent stage modules on the surface of the moon, one Saturn V 3 stage vehicle that till this day is weakly broken earths gravity and floating way out in space and finally the words of astronauts themselves as well as thousands of other people who had a part in the great accomplishment.
so astronauts just need to carry a fire extinguisher with them.
Sure don't like how it bounces when landing. Wouldn't want that to happen on the moon or mars. Would probably tip over.
Bo Guss Only if you’re playing kerbal space program and land on stupidly unresearched lazy inclines.
Well, I mean, of course I know a plane cannot fly on the moon due to the low air content, and I realize it's possible a normal car may have to be outfitted a lot to work on the moon, affecting gas mileage, but my point is that a car would go SO MUCH further. Rockets are cool, but impractical.
Any methods to leave this condenned planet is welcome.
so the astronaut who will drive this thing to the moon should have a Fire extinguisher to shut down the engine ??!!!!
2:16 even the birds are curious. :)
*shakes hand*
WELL DONE! :D
out-fucking-standing!
@piranha031091 :) Ok thanks for the answer.
@mrplease66 look Mr. news guy : first of all you can't diagnose the reason of the flames on youtube maybe the liquid oxygen was leaking too did you exam the Nozzle ?!!
second don't you see that there is some one already mention that theory before you? what the point of repeating his talk ?!!
IFO!!!
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Not really... It looks to be about 22 gallons of fuel and it only traveled about 100 meters round-trip. With that much gas I can go about 720 miles in my car, thus the car is far more efficient. Granted, the car cannot fly, but my frien's small prop plane still would get about 400 miles on that much fuel.
Dare you to put your hand under it.
A ufo! That's what I call, Suck it up to land.
What do you mean it doesn't fly to the moon? Then how does the rocket make it into orbit then? You aren't making sense, did you leave out a sentence by accident? My weekend scientists club and I have calculated this 10 times now, there simply is no way THIS ROCKET IN THE VIDEO CAN GET INTO ORBIT!! It simply hasn't enough fuel. Oh, and you don't have to be all mean to me. I'm just trying to make science friends here. So, I forgive you, my friend.
Why are so many of my comments negatived out so they're not shown!!?
Anyways, this thing is not as good as it looks, I asked if it could lift up a 5 ton satellite into orbit and they said no and THAT IT CANNOT EVEN GET INTO OBIT by itself...soooo, I guess that closes down this project pretty fast. Shame too cuz it was looking pretty good for a bit there.
Reason I make cell phone in a min.and city of Morden time .
Heyyyyyyy.....you can't do that! Who gave you permission to fly a 'Hillbilly' moonshine still so it can loiter and/or move laterally/vertically and land smoothly? Huh?! So you just think you're gonna get out your calculators and make hardware, firmware and write code? Listen Armadillo: I'm watching you! Yeah baby! Carry on. (I am Dr. Sarcasticus...)
4 mol of oxygen in get and other from atomizer.ez dip spice to cold .then heat for free .?I did it .
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sweet! so who is going to be the guy to run over to the lander once it lands on the moon to put out the fire??? when will you all admit the earth is stationary and not in motion as this video represents?
A big cigarette lighter!!! Fine!!!
moon exploration moon mining etc lol
I don't get it, whats the point of this?
RAGE! DOOM 4!!!
This is beyond embarrassing, I picture a bunch of 20-something year-olds wasting money.
to make people believe we really went to the moon, lol...
It's quite impressive, except the landing which is very rough, you'd break glasses and stuff stored inside, so it's not practical. Back to the drawing boards boys.. oops, we're in the modern era where people now use "she" instead of "he" to refer to "people" in general... so I meant to say, "back to the drwaing boards ma' ladies"... oops, but that may sound too galant and I may be taken to court by the NAACP.. oh man, I just can't win, can I? ..sigh..
Они изобретают колесо, потому что никогда не садились на Луну и пытаются решить эту проблему. Сесть на Луну крайне проблематично. Нужно знать высоту и вектор скорости в каждой точке траектории в системе координат Луны и постоянно интегрировать траекторию. Гироскопы здесь не помогут. Нужно сканировать поверхность Луны лучами.
why not just use the technology of the 60's that already got us to the moon??
we stopped building it 50 years ago. Americans didn't want it.
Dude, don't call people rendered... it's not their fault if they're born that way.. sheesh, have some sensitivity.
Yeah, it may be bigger than a person, but you still cannot ride in it to Mars, so it's a total waste of money. I know I'm not buying one. Besides, flipping' government will probably require a pilot's license anyways.
it is 3D fake
CGI. Rockets can't hover or land. You can tell the exhaust is fake, the movie is composite cgi.
Right. And planes can't fly because they are heavier than air!
+NatureHacker You are not only stupid. You have no sense of humor. I feel sorry for you.
+Nature Hacker This comment makes me believe that there is truly no hope left in humanity. What do you stand to gain from the "fact" that this is cgi? What benefits are there for this being cgi? NONE. Congrats, you've just humiliate yourself on the internet. Go accomplish something with your life before it is too late, like these people advancing rocketry - be remembered for something useful.
nice trol
I actually worked on vertical takeoff/ vertical landing rockets like this last summer and watched flights with my own eyes 2/10 troll attempt failed
oh my... all that sounds impressive, yet im unconvinced. ;)
what u guys and religious people have in common is blind faith! u havent set foot on the moon, u just choose to place your trust in certain people who tell u fantastic things.
i also believed like u most of my life, cause it was the most likely option. that was until i began to question authority, mass media and the money makers. once i did that, the house of cards started falling apart...u should try that some day. its most humbling.
The more you look, the clearer it gets that that "house of cards" is made of brick and all that "falling apart" is something which only happens in your dreams, in which you are also a superhero in a spandex suit and also have the body to pull that of without looking like a blob, which should have given you a hint in the first place.