This is what folks with intelligence do.
When one has no talent and no intelligence, ones goes to college, gets a degree in underwater lesbian plant sex, becomes a community organizer, then is elected as a Democrat representative in some sh*thole city.
Impressive.
They say that the Apollo engineers took us to the moon with computers as powerful as a digital calculator. And slide rules.
This guy is operating on a shoestring, but in some respects he has a lot more than NASA did in the 60s.
Ping.
Some of my childhood Estes rockets were somewhat home-built, on one the coat-hanger launch rod had a little hook on the end I hadn’t noticed. The straw glued to the rocket caught it and somehow achieved an amazing balance. The rocket rose slowly dragging the launch rod to about 15 feet, then settled to the ground in a slow landing. Then the chute popped out!
Too cool... “But you can’t do that!” Who says so?
Love it when someone beats common suppression of an idea by society.
“Just watch me!” lol
I used to do the exact same thing when i was 14..well not quite.
Estes “Big Bertha” was the pinnacle of my success.
3 stages, C-size i believe...
as far as i know the top stage is still in orbit..