Re: rutans roton, again

Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Sat, 09 Jan 1999 13:49:34 -0800

Michael S. Lorrey wrote:

> There is an amateur program using balloons, and one using a peroxide/asphalt
> hybrid motor was launched from a balloon to set an amateur altitude record just
> this past year. I beleive the record was set somewhere around 135,000 feet
> (about 25 miles altitude).

wow is that all the record is for amateur rocketry? man, we could beat the sox offa that record with a liquid powered roton methinks. spike