abslte23 OP t1_j4a2mcz wrote on January 14, 2023 at 5:29 AM

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Thanks for putting the effort into this post. It's helped organize some of my thoughts around rockets. I remember watching the Tesla launch hard to believe it was 4 years ago.

Model rockets (Estes) were a hobby of mine as a child. I wonder if they have any SpaceX models. I think I saw a few in the past from other suppliers but they were pretty pricey. Off to Google I go

SpaceInMyBrain t1_j4a3km5 wrote on January 14, 2023 at 5:39 AM

I appreciate being appreciated. :)

Check again, I just added some stuff about specific pics of Earth taken by Apollo missions.

My brothers and I tried a few small Estes rocket but didn't catch the bug.

abslte23 OP t1_j4a4yaa wrote on January 14, 2023 at 5:53 AM

I loved them and used to be able to shoot them off at a local school. Years later I took my son to shoot them off there. A lot had changed the woods were turned into a development. We shit off a 6' rocket and a gust of wind grabbed it. Took it over a soccer field, two baseball fields, and a street or two into the new development. I was worried about recovering the rocket cut my son loved it. So we went looking for it and found a nice black gentleman mowing his yard with his son playing with it. I asked for it back his words were "I'm black I thought Obama was targeting me with a drone. I didn't think he would do this to me." It was funny in the moment anyway