Amateur Rocket Soars to 121,000 Feet

On September 30, 2011 at 11:08am, Derek Deville's Qu8k (pronounced "Quake") launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to an altitude of 121,000' before returning safely to earth. Above 99% of the atmosphere the sky turns black in the middle of the day and the curvature of the earth is clearly visible.

SHORT VERSION OF VIDEO HERE: http://youtu.be/5HTwbpjBUOk?hd=1

More Pictures and Info -- http://ddeville.com/derek/Qu8k.html
jmdsays...

no one ever explained what that crap was that marred the down pointing camera the entire launch. When they picked up the rocket it looked like molten metal, but the rocket isn't achieving speeds great enough to heat up the tip from air friction.

Revenant2428says...

>> ^jmd:

no one ever explained what that crap was that marred the down pointing camera the entire launch. When they picked up the rocket it looked like molten metal, but the rocket isn't achieving speeds great enough to heat up the tip from air friction.



They did, or at least what they thought it was. At one point they were saying something about how the caulking melted off when they were showing the camera portion after it landed.

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