re dc x vehicle nears flight test in apr aurora alaska edu nsmca aurora alaska edu writes since the dc x is to take off horizontal why not land that way why do the martian landing thing or am i missing something don t know to much about dc x and such overly obvious you missed something i think it takes off vertically and is intended to land the same way insisting on perfect safety is for people who don t have the balls to live in the real world mary shafer nasa ames dryden fred mccall dseg ti com i don t speak for others and they don t speak for me
