Eat your heart out, NASA!
April 26, 2009 10:49 AM Subscribe
Yesterday, Steve Eves launched a 1/10 scale home-built Saturn V replica. Weighing 1600 pounds, it worked perfectly and reached an altitude of 3000 feet.
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This is my inner rocket geek grinning from ear-to-ear.
The coolest part, though, was that the main stage landed perfectly upright.
posted by Thorzdad at 11:03 AM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
The coolest part, though, was that the main stage landed perfectly upright.
posted by Thorzdad at 11:03 AM on April 26, 2009 [3 favorites]
Yesterday, Steve Eves taught the world a lesson in awesome.
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:06 AM on April 26, 2009
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:06 AM on April 26, 2009
Just amazing.
I enjoyed watching every second of it.
posted by davebarnes at 11:09 AM on April 26, 2009
I enjoyed watching every second of it.
posted by davebarnes at 11:09 AM on April 26, 2009
Some supplements
Rocketry Planet's article on Steve Eve's obsession with Saturn V
YouTube video on construction
posted by cyphill at 11:11 AM on April 26, 2009
Rocketry Planet's article on Steve Eve's obsession with Saturn V
YouTube video on construction
posted by cyphill at 11:11 AM on April 26, 2009
It's came across more like a Ground-to-Air intercept missile dressed up like a Saturn V - slightly threatening really.
posted by stbalbach at 11:11 AM on April 26, 2009
posted by stbalbach at 11:11 AM on April 26, 2009
How do you get permission to do something like this? (It's all fun and games till someone gets hit by falling debris.) That was awesome.
posted by chunking express at 11:11 AM on April 26, 2009
posted by chunking express at 11:11 AM on April 26, 2009
Do you have to get some kind of permit for that? (asking for my mom)
posted by marxchivist at 11:12 AM on April 26, 2009
posted by marxchivist at 11:12 AM on April 26, 2009
you mean 10 of those could have taken us to the moon?
NASA, you big dummies
posted by mrt at 11:12 AM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
NASA, you big dummies
posted by mrt at 11:12 AM on April 26, 2009 [2 favorites]
You'd need a lot more than ten 3000 foot rockets to get to the moon, mrt.
posted by notyou at 11:16 AM on April 26, 2009
posted by notyou at 11:16 AM on April 26, 2009
That's cool but I was under the impression that amateur rockets were hitting the edge of space, 3ft seems sort of a low ceiling. The explosive charge and breakup of the sections during the descent was pretty cool though.
posted by geoff. at 11:16 AM on April 26, 2009
posted by geoff. at 11:16 AM on April 26, 2009
There's already a post on this, and it features a MeFite's eyewitness account.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 11:17 AM on April 26, 2009
posted by Horace Rumpole at 11:17 AM on April 26, 2009
I liked the cars driving down a road in the background when it launched. That must have freaked the people out. "Holy shit, WWIII just started!"
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:19 AM on April 26, 2009
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 11:19 AM on April 26, 2009
Sorry. Flagged as double.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:20 AM on April 26, 2009
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:20 AM on April 26, 2009
How do you get permission to do something like this?
Do you have to get some kind of permit for that? (asking for my mom)
For anything over a G motor (about an inch around and the length of a soda can), you need to be certified by the NAR. This is called "high power rocketry." There are three levels of certificiation, so you work your way up through building larger and larger rockets while passing the certification tests and showing you can launch without violating the applicable rules and laws. Depending on where you launch your rocket, how high it goes, how much it weighs, etc., you might also have to get an FAA waiver for a launch.
posted by musicinmybrain at 11:20 AM on April 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
Do you have to get some kind of permit for that? (asking for my mom)
For anything over a G motor (about an inch around and the length of a soda can), you need to be certified by the NAR. This is called "high power rocketry." There are three levels of certificiation, so you work your way up through building larger and larger rockets while passing the certification tests and showing you can launch without violating the applicable rules and laws. Depending on where you launch your rocket, how high it goes, how much it weighs, etc., you might also have to get an FAA waiver for a launch.
posted by musicinmybrain at 11:20 AM on April 26, 2009 [1 favorite]
There's already a post on this, and it features a MeFite's eyewitness account.
But how could Chocolate Pickle know something like that?
posted by gman at 11:21 AM on April 26, 2009
But how could Chocolate Pickle know something like that?
posted by gman at 11:21 AM on April 26, 2009
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