Here's the homepage for Project Morpheus at JSC, and here's a video of its latest hover test from yesterday:
Pretty cool, eh? Here's the video of what happens next:
Here's the real irony: That building right NEXT to the burnt field is Houston Fire Department Station #72.
A new lunar lander that NASA workers were testing apparently sparked a grass fire this afternoon on the grounds at the Johnson Space Center, officials said.
The fire erupted about 2:40 p.m. in an empty field near Saturn and 2nd Street at the space center, officials said.
It was brought under control within about two hours. There were no reports of any injuries, officials said.
The testing believed to have ignited the grass fire was part of Project Morpheus — a NASA-designed lunar vehicle large enough to carry more than 1,000 pounds of cargo to the moon, officials said.
Who could have known that rocket engine would have set off a grass field that hasn't been rained on for four months?