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BlueStreak

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14. Rockets could do this for real in the 1960s

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 12:33 AM

Oct 2013

OK, maybe not a controlled landing. That's a neat trick, and fun to watch. But the walleye missile had a very advanced guidance system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-62_Walleye

I know several mechanical engineers who worked on this project. Almost every day I drive by the research facility where they designed that. It was capable of directing the missile to fly down a stairway to reach its target, for example.

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