Saturday, April 09, 2016

Officially outstanding


Just brilliant; well done to all the people working on this programme, a truly outstanding achievement!

3 comments:

Chairman Bill said...

Looks like a missile strike in slo-mo.

What amazes me is how the bloody thing stays upright once landed - the vessel is obviously is a bit of a swell.

Chairman Bill said...

IN a bit of a swell...

Steve Borthwick said...

CB, I know! and there's a reasonable breeze blowing as well (note the angle of descent!) - the computations and constant course corrections going on to get this right at that speed are mind boggling; I think there was a lot riding on this attempt (previous 4 have failed)