Incredible video. I found my head tilting to watch through the last minutes of the on-board camera on the descent. The one thing that I noted most of all was the fragility of our atmosphere. In seconds, the rocket cleared the viable atmosphere and reached black intersteller (well inter-solar system) space. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 5:34:52 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] "Amateur" rocket And to think I used to think my Estes model rockets were pretty neat. Great video: http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/qu8k_rocket_lauch_desert_altitude_12100... patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php