1 HN user recommended this demo1 month2022–2025score 1
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN cites it as the landmark example of a hobbyist landing a rocket, and recommends the channel for following that progress.
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.
“Would recommend, it’s been very cool to follow his progress over the years.” (HN, 2022)
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.
Primary source channel with many videos on landing model rockets.
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