Army Rivals

8 responses to “Army Rivals”

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   !MimosaMicheMichelle!

   Nov 7, 2007 at 5:53 am

   Oh, this is getting a little scary. Serious rocketry for sure.

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   madrigar

   Nov 7, 2007 at 5:15 pm

   Just how HIGH do these things go???

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   jurvetson

   Nov 7, 2007 at 7:58 pm

   The big heavy ones might get up to the cruising altitudes of most jets. I’ve seen one go this high:

   

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   Chris Anderson Photos

   Nov 7, 2007 at 8:54 pm

   Steve,

   I’m attending my first Tripoli launch this weekend. Tripoli Mid-Ohio is launching about an hour from my house. Their field has a standing FAA waiver to 9,000 feet and can call in up to 14,000. That’s quite a bit higher than my regular NAR club’s 4500 foot waiver.

   I hope to post some photos from the launch late on Sunday.

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   j_silla

   Nov 7, 2007 at 9:00 pm

   Great men have great toys 🙂 And great men also care a lot. You must care a lot about the earth to take a look from sutch a hight. Not too many people care about anything accept for their own well being and promotion. Some wish to do good, and it turns to some political agenda instead , here is something, that a kid did in school because she cared, out of love, not for self: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDnBWRqq5uU

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   Kevin Baird

   Nov 9, 2007 at 6:35 am

   Is that 31810 meters or feet? From the appearance, it looks like it could be meters, which would be almost 20 miles.

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   Chris Anderson Photos

   Nov 9, 2007 at 2:55 pm

   kabaird – Steve can elaborate on the specifics, but that is indeed 31810 meters.

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8. 

   sbove

   Nov 9, 2007 at 4:56 pm

   I have to say this: if one of those things goes "lawn dart"…can you run fast enough to get clear? I almost killed a neighbor with an imbalanced 2′ tall rocket in high school (bad idea to use a spent co2 canister as a nose cone)…but these things are starting to get Nike-missile sized…very impressive…and scary…

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