As a kid, I had a great time building and firing off those popular Estes model rockets. The acme of my modeling experience was getting a Saturn V, two-stage rocket that looked just like the ones used for the Apollo moon shots. It was so proud of the mini-missile that stood about two feet tall. On Saturday in Maryland, the mother of all model rockets was launched, another Saturn V model, but this one stood 36 fee tall, weighed nearly a ton and soared eight-tenths of a mile into the sky. Cost of the mission: about $30,000. Click on the video below to see its launch. Obviously, they had no trouble keeping the electrodes connected to the rocket engine wires; and the rocket also did not get tangled in powerlines upon descent – the two banes of my young rocket launching career.
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That was COOL. Thanks, Thor.
That was cool! Why'd you stop building the rockets Thor? I have a Estes in progress on my dining room table...its still way fun!
I remember as a kid igniting one of those solid fuel model rockets with a match, and having it nearly take my head off before I could blink. Evidently, rocket science wasn't my thing.
How did it happen. :(
Awesome! There's something you don't see everyday.
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