Launching of "Big Red" and the Cherokee D |
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This page describes the
spectacular collision of Big Red and the Cherokee D |
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The two launch pads were about 20 feet apart. |
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The mangled Big Red lumbers off the pad. |
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The Cherokee D shoots off a second later. | |||||
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Comparing the damage | |||||
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Seriously wounded. |
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The Cherokee D lived on for
another launch. |
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It still looks good from the
back. The fact that there is a "back" to a cylindrically shaped rocket is a testimony to Mikey's rocket building skills. |
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Launch crew: Tom, Matt, Chrissy, Mikey, Joe and Andrea | |||||
Nine rockets were launched this day. The launch was cut short because it started raining. | |||||
NEXT - rebuilding the rocket | |||||