The launch area (from the prior photo) is just below the area you see here.

(Circular “bike helmet” mirror on right captures the view down the shaft of the rocket and reflects it into the video camera inside the rocket. Wireless signal beams to a ground base station which outputs the video feed to a mobile MPEG encoder. This is from a LUNAR Rocketry event, with Erik’s rocket and novel video capture design)

5 responses to “Separation over Livermore”

  1. "In terms of sheer coolness, few things beat rocketry." – Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft

  2. Well, one of the few things would be rockets with cameras strapped to their ass!

  3. absolutely… I just posted a video of this rocket launch on Revver. It’s a bit rough…

  4. I remember playing with rockets in boyscouts.. I can only imagine playing with "real" ones.

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