[Hatteras]

"...rocket engines are being treated like dynamite..."

My son came home from school a few weeks ago and he and his buddy grabbed some model rockets and headed to the local ball field as they had on numerous occasions before.

This time, a police officer pulled up and told them that they needed to postpone their rocket launching until further notice. No grief, he was polite and apparently had model rockets as a youngster so he was pretty understanding. He cited the latest terrorist threat level and the minor fact that they were right under the flight path for Raleigh/Durham International.

As I later replied to my son, "DOH!"

[discostu]

That actually makes sense. What I was thinking about is that a number of toy and hobby stores have dropped rocket engines (there were a few stories running around on FR last year) for a variety of excuses. One thing I've learned is when that happens annoying laws are getting passed and the item is becoming too much of a hassle to be profitable. And rocketing is such a cool hobby, it's creative, it's loud, and the kids get good excercise chasing down their rockets; it's a shame to see it getting regulated to death.

[talleyman]

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