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The moment of takeoff… Erik took his 10-foot tall rocket for a perfect flight today on a CTI M1770 Skid. Photo sequence below.

9 responses to “Nest Rocket Debut”

  1. It was letting out a throaty roar by this point
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    Gotta love titanium sponge…
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    Recovery… over a field, an orchard, a road, another field, a canal and into another field.
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    We had a good visual bead on the direction, but it was much farther than we imagined. My son did the tracking of the radio beacon we put in the lower body.

  2. Opening day of Rocket Season?

  3. Sure seems that way, between this and SpaceX. Nice and toasty at Dairy Aire 2012.

  4. at least one private rocket lifted off yesterday 🙂

  5. Wish Space X had had this smooth launch!

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