I Landed A Rocket Like SpaceX - Scout F
BPS.space1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2022–2025
demo · general · evergreen · 2022–2025 on HN
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.
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4 comments from Hacker News
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.
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".
But there are actually so so many startups and garage enthusiasts at various stages of readiness to put payloads into orbit ▶ this video
That's what I was thinking! For those who don't know BPS landing model rockets vertically, with legs. ▶ this video