FUCK!
And here I was thinking the round earth thing was fake news!
Seriously, though, that's badass. What an excellent achievement for those students!
Part of the requirement for all this is a suborbital trajectory on the flight plan and waiver request submitted to the FAA. Can't have more space junk.
Not in the 50s and 60s we didn't.Everyone including the US uses metric for space stuff.
Everyone including the US uses metric for space stuff.
There is some obvious potential for mischief with this technology. As I understand things, there is some regulation on the propulsion side by our favorite alphabet agency (particlarly when state lines are crossed), the FAA gets involved with launch clearance, and obviously there are things that can and cannot be done with GPS. Staying within those parameters, there are likely some easier ways to create general havoc from above.
The point is that if the need arises to make the playing field above you less one sided if push came to shove, there are plenty of people who have the tools and knowledge to do so. Obviously, doing so means that you will not be staying within anyone's parameters but your own.
PS, GPS is not the only source of guidance and actually not that useful for short to mid range intercepts which happen far too quickly.
That's not the crowd that I'm thinking of. Anyway, this is talent you acquire not grow yourselfAgreed. But if that is anyone's plan, they had better jump into this hobby, like, about a decade ago. It's complex shit. Most of the survivalist/militia types are going to struggle with basic comms, much less improvised rocketry.
That's not the crowd that I'm thinking of. Anyway, this is talent you acquire not grow yourself
To be fair, only videos showing an earth that looks round uses a fish eye lens camera and very noticeably so. The horizon is flat, then round then the horizon in an inverted U. The one that doesnt use the fisheye lens sure makes the horizon look flat to me. Just saying. LolFUCK!
And here I was thinking the round earth thing was fake news!
Seriously, though, that's badass. What an excellent achievement for those students!
I'm a dumbass, as far as rockets go, built one in H.S., but, what kind of clearance(s) do you need, when punching holes in the sky, when you have aircraft traffic/airways, at altitudes those rockets can reach?? Just ATC/TRSA's? Just curious. When I used to ride dirt bikes, off-road, in certain areas of the Calif. desert, I'd sometimes see people launching rockets on dry lake beds. Mac
Jalapeño poppers do it for me. Regular like Big Ben.I can poop good after fried chicken night.
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