NASA Project Morpheus goes Kaputt

[Michel Van]

That's Morpheus a low-cost test program for Lunar lander
A cheap Lander prototype with prize-tag of 7 Mio. U$ Dollar.
details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Morpheus


here what happens on first Test flight


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC0y5W0ox-k

 

[TomS]

This wasn't the first test flight. It was the first untethered test flight, but the vehicle has flown around 20 tethered flights before this accident.

 

[Michel Van]

This wasn't the first test flight. It was the first untethered test flight, but the vehicle has flown around 20 tethered flights before this accident.

i know, i mean with first flight: the first free flight without tethered on a crane

 

[_Del_]

Today was a little better for the project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdrSYP2gSbg