Wow ! Take a look at this for a petty “ bang ! zoom ! ” in your daytime ! This video shows an unbelievable video of an amateur Eruca vesicaria sativa launch , which could be eligible for a $ 5,000 rocketry prize .
Led by Derek Deville , the rocketeers launch their customs - built 26 foot . ( 8 meter ) Qu8k ( pronounced “ Quake ” ) rocket on September 30 , 2011 from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada . It reached an elevation of 121,000 groundwork ( 36,880 measure ) in 92 secondment , at velocity of 2,185 miles per hour ( 3,516 km / h ) . Holy hotfoot missiles , Batman ! The Qu8k arugula return to Earth safely just 8.5 minutes after , bring down 3 miles ( 5 km ) from its launch tip .
The incredible footage from on on - plug-in tv camera shows the curvature of Earth and the contraband sky of space . See the full video below .
This launching could be eligible for theCarmack Challenge(put out by Armadillo Aerospace Founder John Carmack ) which bid $ 5,000 for an inexpert rocket launching above 100,000 ft . However , the rules say “ The rocket must record a GPS serial logarithm of the flying with at least one write up above 100,000 ft plus the launch altitude , ” and the Qu8k squad read that none of four main GPS organization onboard its fomite maintained positional lock through the trip .
It is possible they might be able to recover the data , but Qu8k says accelerometer data and time to apogee available from onboard picture footage tolerate them to mathematically derive “ with high foregone conclusion ” that the projectile pass 121,000 foot . It might come down to Carmack deciding if that data point will be enough to win the prize .
harmonise to Qu8k , all part of the fomite were recovered and could be easy set to fly again . See the Qu8k web site , which provides some expectant gamey - resoluteness image of the preparation and flight of the Qu8k rocket . And congrats the the Qu8k team !
This post in the first place come out onUniverse Today .
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