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Amateur rocket (unmanned) reaches altitude of ~70 miles
« on: May 19, 2004, 10:19:20 pm »
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Michaelson said they were still working to recover the rocket on Tuesday, and that its telemetry package should tell them the exact altitude. But he said it reached 4,200 miles an hour in 10 seconds, so the laws of physics would have taken it up about 70 miles


 

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Amateur rocket (unmanned) reaches altitude of ~70 miles
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2004, 10:19:20 pm »
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Michaelson said they were still working to recover the rocket on Tuesday, and that its telemetry package should tell them the exact altitude. But he said it reached 4,200 miles an hour in 10 seconds, so the laws of physics would have taken it up about 70 miles


 

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Amateur rocket (unmanned) reaches altitude of ~70 miles
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2004, 10:19:20 pm »
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Michaelson said they were still working to recover the rocket on Tuesday, and that its telemetry package should tell them the exact altitude. But he said it reached 4,200 miles an hour in 10 seconds, so the laws of physics would have taken it up about 70 miles