Prepping at the Pad

15 responses to “Prepping at the Pad”

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   Shamagu

   Jul 21, 2008 at 6:19 pm

   Are you kidding me? That thing is massive. Congrats on the launch and recovery.

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   heet_myser

   Jul 21, 2008 at 7:11 pm

   Jeezum crow! That’s a big rocket.

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   !MimosaMicheMichelle!

   Jul 21, 2008 at 7:18 pm

   What an exciting time for you and Erik! Congratulations to both! It looks huge indeed.

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4. 

   benjiman

   Jul 21, 2008 at 7:43 pm

   SJ, you’re in the proverbial Big Leagues now. That thing has girth.

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5. 

   Leino88

   Jul 21, 2008 at 7:51 pm

   kudos!
   …
   strap me to the next big one you launch?
   😛

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   P_I_O_T_R

   Jul 21, 2008 at 9:08 pm

   I am impressed. You build up so many rockets. I will try do something like that….ok maybe smoller 2 times…..hmm mayby 10 times…..hmmm… ok 100 times this is my scale 🙂

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   .flightblog

   Jul 22, 2008 at 12:58 am

   Congrats Steve, that is really, really cool!!!

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   Rocketman8911

   Jul 22, 2008 at 4:36 am

   Congrats. I’ll be flying my L3 at Aeronauts. Are you going to be there?

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   paranoidroid

   Jul 22, 2008 at 7:09 am

   Congrats!! I plan on getting mine at BALLS this year.

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10. 

    Jeff_Werner

    Jul 22, 2008 at 10:55 am

    I hope Peter Gabriel was blaring on the stereo.

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11. 

    mebooyou

    Jul 22, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    Serious rocket!

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12. 

    mighty crayon

    Aug 5, 2008 at 10:08 am

    "And I think it’s gonna be a long long time, til touchdown brings me round again to find, I’m not the man they think I am at home
    Oh no no no I’m a rocket man."

    Congrats!

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13. 

    jurvetson

    Aug 9, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    Thanks! Visualizing Rocketman…. and the X-15 influence:
    

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14. 

    jurvetson

    Oct 21, 2008 at 10:10 pm

    The current WIRED issue 16.11 has a cool story about this event…

    "In the bleak, seemingly lifeless terrain, the dozen or so RVs and tents look like a moon base. At the center of the camp is the Rocket Mavericks trailer. A supersize satellite dish positioned to pick up a GPS signal looms overhead. Inside the trailer are a 24-megabit satcom unit able to pump out live webcasts, a pair of Wi-Fi systems that can light 4 square miles of playa, and a Silicon Graphics workstation. Two men sweat in the cramped, un-air-conditioned space as they wrench on a black rocket 7 1/2 feet long that looks like a scaled-down cross between a ’60s-vintage X-15 rocket plane and a surface-to-air missile."

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    philipsavory

    Apr 25, 2015 at 5:43 am

    That’s what I call a rocket 🙂

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