Amateur rocket flies to 121,000 feet! - Democratic Underground

pokerfan

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Sun Oct-09-11 10:50 PM
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Amateur rocket flies to 121,000 feet!

Via io9...

Wow! Take a look at this for a little "bang! zoom!" in your day! This video shows an incredible video of an amateur rocket launch, which could be eligible for a $5,000 rocketry prize.

http://io9.com/5848127/amazing-amatuer-rocket-launch-reaches-121000-feet

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SpankMe

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Sun Oct-09-11 11:00 PM
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1. Nifty. Expensive hobby, though.

I did amateur rocketry with some buddies in college 25 years ago. Rules were more lax, then.

Alas, in a post 9-11 world these things get harder to do. Great job by this rocket team.

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pokerfan

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Sun Oct-09-11 11:13 PM
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4. I always wanted to

but I lived in a state that was unfriendly to model rocketry back in the day.

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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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Sun Oct-09-11 11:33 PM
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5. I did this in the old days,

But haven't done it since 9/11. Enough people called the cops in the old days. Including one hag who claimed I fired a scud missile at her house.

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JohnnyRingo

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Sun Oct-09-11 11:07 PM
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2. That's incredible

Most people don't realize the amount of energy required to reach that height. At that altitude they were nearing the ends of drag inducing atmosphere.

It's even more amazing they recovered it only a few miles away. See the video where it reached apogee and consider the odds that it will return anywhere near the launch site. Well done!

Thanks for posting.

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itsrobert

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Sun Oct-09-11 11:11 PM
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3. It's amazing it landed only 3 miles from the launch site n/t

n/t

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NBachers

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Mon Oct-10-11 01:26 AM
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6. Wow- I watched the full video and then went to their site- these guys should be proud

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