You can get close enough that you feel the pressure wave...it's definitely worth seeing. Make sure you show up an hour or so early though--the viewing area fills up pretty quick. Dan On Aug 19, 2010, at 3:27 PM, Kim wrote:
I've always been rather fond of rockets and high explosives, so if I can't get close enough to hear and especially feel the rocket motor, I'm not interested. I didn't see any link to a map of sorts. Does anyone have first hand experience from this public viewing area?
For some reason I'm reminded of a homemade rocket that my friend and I built when we were teenagers. (You know, the "innocent" years.) It was made entirely of homemade components: a cardboard BB tube, powdered sparklers for fuel and a dime with a hole punched in it for the nozzle. (You know, I wonder if scaling the idea up to a concrete form tube would work. I'm sure club members have spare Sonotubes lying around...) The thing didn't have enough thrust to really take off. It gained about 20 feet in altitude then sort of floated over the fence and landed next door in Mrs. Ellingson's garden where it started a fire.
Mrs. Ellingson never did like me.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Nate Jackson Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:51 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Booster test
A public viewing area is available along State Road 83 North approximately 20 miles west of Corinne, Utah
http://spacefellowship.com/news/art21715/atk-and-nasa-to-perform-second-grou nd-test-of-the-ares-five-segment-solid-rocket-motor.html
________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 2:45:05 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Booster test
Sorry, but I don't know.
Anyone else on the list know?
patrick
On 19 Aug 2010, at 14:40, Kim wrote:
Patrick, is public allowed anywhere near the ATK booster test?
Kim
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