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DC-X Flight 8
Spaceman Sam Coniglio · 0 HN recommenders · 0 recommendation months
Recommended by 0 Hacker News commenters across 0 months (2012–2025).
SignalTube analysis
Among 20 other demo videos tagged Space exploration & spaceflight, the mean is 0.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 0 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 0 distinct months; the peer average is 0.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
0% of its 10 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2012–2025; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 2 minutes 31 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2008-10-12.
- Channel / speaker
- Spaceman Sam Coniglio
- Verified runtime
- 2m 31s
- YouTube upload date
- 2008-10-12
- Hacker News mention years
- 2012–2025
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Space exploration & spaceflight. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC-X Flight 8Current video | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | 2m 31s | 2008-10-12 |
| Riding the Booster with enhanced sounddemo · Michael Interbartolo | 3 | 3 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 8m 32s | 2012-03-15 |
| First-stage landing | Onboard camerademo · SpaceX | 2 | 2 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 0m 31s | 2016-05-28 |
| Armadillo Aerospace - Mod free flight, engine restart, 4 viewsdemo · Clark Lindsey | 2 | 2 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 1m 15s | 2010-06-07 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket”. Its short rationale: DC-X as first reusable VTOL rocket with landing feet.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Hyperloop One to shut down”. Its short rationale: DC-X does same hover slam landing as Falcon 9.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “An Israeli F-15 landed without a wing (2020)”. Its short rationale: Video of DC-X 1995 launching and landing.