What does a rocket scientist do on his day off?
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 5:19 amGo play with rockets, of course. If you are lucky, you might get invited along.
This is the spectator area from part of the way to the launch pad. For the size of the big rocket, it had to be 2,000 feet from the launch pad.
This is the "Stars and Stripes". It was 16 feet in length. It was the second largest one there.
Another view of it.
On the way to the launch pad.
On the pad. This is from 2,000 feet away. The people are 1,000 feet from the rocket.
This is the largest one. It was 26 feet long.
More assembly.
On the launch pad from 2,000 feet away. The people on the other side are 2,000 feet away from the other side of the launch pad
This was really spectacular! It went up great but had some parachute problems. The drogue chute was supposed to pull out a 20 foot parachute and it evidently broke loose without pulling out the main chute. It came down from about 11,000 feet with no chute. It made a big hole in the ground from what I heard.
It was a great day! I watched sitting with Ed and Melanie.
Leonard
This is the spectator area from part of the way to the launch pad. For the size of the big rocket, it had to be 2,000 feet from the launch pad.
- Spectator area
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This is the "Stars and Stripes". It was 16 feet in length. It was the second largest one there.
- Stars and Stripes
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Another view of it.
- Stars and Stripes
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On the way to the launch pad.
- Stars and Stripes
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On the pad. This is from 2,000 feet away. The people are 1,000 feet from the rocket.
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This is the largest one. It was 26 feet long.
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More assembly.
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On the launch pad from 2,000 feet away. The people on the other side are 2,000 feet away from the other side of the launch pad
This was really spectacular! It went up great but had some parachute problems. The drogue chute was supposed to pull out a 20 foot parachute and it evidently broke loose without pulling out the main chute. It came down from about 11,000 feet with no chute. It made a big hole in the ground from what I heard.
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It was a great day! I watched sitting with Ed and Melanie.
Leonard
What a tease you are $2GO--where is the pix of the 5-4-3-2-1- LIFTOFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
John
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