by Casey Newton
on
Elon Musk's quest to
build a rocket that can be reused after delivering its cargo is getting
closer to the atmosphere's upper reaches. A new video
from SpaceX shows the Grasshopper rocket reaching its highest point to
date: 744 meters. The test flight comes a month after Musk demonstrated the Grasshopper
launching, flying 300 feet laterally, then returning to the launchpad
and landing vertically. SpaceX has a long way to go before its reusable
rockets are ready to deliver their cargo to the cosmos. But combined
with the successful test flight of a more powerful Falcon 9 rocket last month, Musk has said "I think we now have all the pieces of the puzzle to bring the rocket back home."
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