SpaceX’s Grasshopper rocket hover to a new high of 2,441 feet before relanding

Already discussed here( with a direct link to the video ): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6539649

And with a title in metric units, which is more informative to those outside the US.

I wish temperature and distance would be measured in metric commonly. So far the most we get are volume and mass on packages.

Trust me, not even the US likes the imperial system.

-A college student

I think we should start a cult around Musk.

I think reddit is way ahead of you. The amount of fanboyism there is ridiculous (I'm an admirer myself but some of the worshipping is crazy there).

They'd better try shutting engine down completely during flight and restarting it. That would mean much more than these hops.

That's not that high. There are buildings higher than this.

There is exactly one building taller than this. So not only is your comment unconstructive, it's wrong.