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5-4-3-2-1, Ignition!

The Q motor kicks up a bunch of dust at the moment of ignition. You can see a tripod in the left foreground for a sense of scale.

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3 responses to “Gene Machine – 2 of 4”

  1. If you had done that in Iran it would have made the front page of the NY Times and Israel would have ordered the US to nuke you already.

    If you had done that in Gaza, Israel would have incinerated an entire apartment complex and shut off electricity to 1.5 million people for 2 weeks.

    I had completely forgotten that when I was about 12 I was utterly enthralled by a book I read about Robert Goddard.

  2. And we have to stay away from people and structures here too…. and pre-register with the FAA, etc.

    Strange coincidence… Just before your comment, I saw this flickr launch photo from Israel… and strangely enough, our 2006 BALLS launch event was on the cover of the NY Times…

  3. great sequence (and beautiful dust clouds)

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