One small hop for SpaceX, a giant leap towards rocket reusability

One small hop for SpaceX, a giant leap towards rocket reusability:

SpaceX has just taken a major step closer to achieving the world's first reusable launch vehicle. The private space-firm has just released a video showing its Grasshopper Vertical Take Off and Landing Vehicle rising up to a height of 40 meters (130 feet) where it hovers for a brief moment, and then vertically returns back to Earth and lands unscathed. More »