10.08.2012 13:05 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Morpheus lander crashes, burns and explodes in untethered flight test, NASA remains optimistic (video)

As noisy as we found Project Morpheus' tethered flight test, its untethered follow-up was far, far louder. Yesterday, the experimental lander suffered a hardware component failure, which NASA says "prevented it from maintaining stable flight." This caused it to crash into the ground and well, explode. On the upside, the space agency says that these kinds of failures were anticipated, stating that they are a normal part of the development process and will be used to build be

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