Amateur rocket reaches 121,000 ft

YouTube ^ | Oct 9, 2011 | mrsiborg

[WhiskeyX]

[VIDEO] is a shortened and edited version of the Qu8K rocket launch. [Includes video onboard the rocket as it climbs 20 miles above the desert launch site and into the upper atmosphere nearly one-third of the way into space.]

[BullDog108]

I just discovered a new hobby to spend my hard earned money on!!! ;^)

[Vermont Lt]

Damn. To the edge of space for less than $10k.

I used to play with toy rockets. This is much, much cooler than that.

[marktwain]

You can get to 100,000 feet with ordinary weather balloons, and much cheaper.

We launched many 100,000 max altitude flights for about $100 in helium and balloon. They carried an instrument package of less than a pound, including battery.

Some people have sent up cameras that way.

[Lurker]

Balloons are not rockets. LOL.

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[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Rockets are certainly more impressive at takeoff and have more payload capability, and of couse, faster. Balloons are cost effective. From:

http://spaceweather.com/

“MARS MICROBES AND MOON FLOWERS: Astrobiologists have long wondered if halobacteria, a terrestrial extremophile with a special talent for shielding itself from UV radiation, could survive on the planet Mars. To find the answer, the atmosphere. On April 1st, these samples reached an altitude of 110,500 feet:students of Earth to Sky Calculus have been flying halobacteria onboard balloons to the top of Earth’s”

The students’ link is here:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Earth-to-Sky-Calculus/174490502634920

Space Weather is a good site for aurora and other astronomical phenomena.

[shibumi]

One of my favorite things as a young'un -

We shot them to the edge of space all the time.

Almost.

Well ..... a real long way.

Over a house anyway.
.....a small house.

[Kirkwood]

Play the balloon video back fast and it will look like a rocket.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Rockets are certainly more impressive at takeoff. You can direct to specific spots quickly with larger payloads like nuclear payloads.

Balloons are cost effective for weather and science projects. Where they go and come down depends on the vagueries of the wind.

From:

http://spaceweather.com/

“MARS MICROBES AND MOON FLOWERS: Astrobiologists have long wondered if halobacteria, a terrestrial extremophile with a special talent for shielding itself from UV radiation, could survive on the planet Mars. To find the answer, the atmosphere. On April 1st, these samples reached an altitude of 110,500 feet:students of Earth to Sky Calculus have been flying halobacteria onboard balloons to the top of Earth's”

The students’ link is here:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Earth-to-Sky-Calculus/174490502634920

Space Weather is a good site for aurora and other astronomical phenomena.

[WhiskeyX]

Here is the longer video including pre-flight and after reaching apogee and the deployment of the chute.

DIY Rocket Fly Into Space - Amateur High Power Solid Model Rocket Launch to Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY7W3EMfrgc

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Oops! Doubl-ble pos-ost.

[null and void]

Impress me. Make a rockoon.

[Pollster1]

For comparison: the first (and unsuccessful) submerged launch of a Trident 2 missile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5nZ-SwngnE is 13 seconds. It’s a question of learned engineering details more than budget, except that the budget allows you to learn those details.

[COBOL2Java]

You can get to 100,000 feet with ordinary weather balloons, and much cheaper.

We launched many 100,000 max altitude flights for about $100 in helium and balloon. They carried an instrument package of less than a pound, including battery.

Some people have sent up cameras that way.

And people! LOL

[DaxtonBrown]

I think those were my favorite toy. Slightly dangerous, water soaked, you could shoot them at your sister. What could be better?

[JoeProBono]