Astronaut Farmer

7 responses to “Astronaut Farmer”

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   .schtieF

   Sep 5, 2008 at 3:00 pm

   does she have multiple stages? and did she returned or crashed?

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   jurvetson

   Sep 5, 2008 at 4:19 pm

   Not this one… I have seen a bigger one with three stages and 11 motors… but alas, it ran into some mishap when the booster cato’d and they discovered their adhesive foam was flammable….

   This bird, on the other hand, had a perfect flight. She flew straight as an arrow and softly deployed the massive parachutes at apogee.

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   heet_myser

   Sep 5, 2008 at 4:58 pm

   That is one gorgeous project.

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4. 

   Rocketman8911

   Sep 12, 2008 at 2:59 am

   Here is even a bigger one then the one steve is talking about http://www.rocketsmagazine.com/saturn-v-project/Main.html

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   jurvetson

   Sep 12, 2008 at 8:02 pm

   A great project!

   Hmmm… Sounds like a good time to bring back the Russian N1 for a drag race!

   Both have 3 stages, and the N1 has the glory of 43 motors:

   

   Build photos and details here

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6. 

   hk1963

   Sep 13, 2008 at 8:18 pm

   You could play a nice prank with such a baby. Make the LES functional and when everyone expects the main engines lighting up do a pad abort. 🙂

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   ideastoday

   Dec 27, 2008 at 5:36 am

   Impressive rocket.

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