When it comes to aerospace there's nobody cooler than SpaceX. Elon Musk's ambitious space-faring company has become hip during the past few years as it's successfully launched dozens of satellites into low-Earth orbit.
Sadly, we usually can only watch low quality livestreams of mission flights to get an idea of what happens. That's changed with a new mobile game.
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The game, called First Stage Landing Simulator, is fully free-to-play and includes a mission accurate scenario where you try to land a stage 1 rocket on a floating barge. With enough finger dexterity you can achieve success. Otherwise, millions of dollars of aerospace parts are going straight into the Atlantic Ocean.
Below is the official description of the game:
This game shows how hard it is to recover the first stage of a rocket. Try to land smoothly as you can.
- Experience the unique thrill of landing a reusable rocket on a land or drone ship in the middle of the ocean.
- Compete with your friends and world-wide players to see who's the best rocket pilot.
Right now, most rockets are destroyed or lost after they launch into space, meaning entirely new rockets must be built for each mission. Reusable rockets that land themselves are a critical aspect of reducing the cost to reach orbit and increase space access. Space tourism become a reality for everyone and also we will be able to establish a city on Mars in the future.
The majority of the launch cost comes from building the rocket, which flies only once. Compare that to a commercial airliner each new plane costs about the same as Falcon 9, but can fly multiple times per day, and conduct tens of thousands of flights over its lifetime.
The game can be downloaded here.
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