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Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598664 02/23/20 Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,278 Likes: 8 Ogden, Utah RockyRaab OP Campfire 'Bwana OP RockyRaab Campfire 'Bwana Joined: May 2003 Posts: 31,278 Likes: 8 Ogden, Utah Thanks for posting the video. Memo to self: Two things not to jettison - your parachute, your pilot. Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598734 02/23/20 Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18,170 29376 R ringworm Campfire Ranger ringworm Campfire Ranger R Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 18,170 29376 Good for him. An E-ticket ride on a water heater. He got to see the curvature of his skull cavity. TRUMP- GABBARD 2024

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598750 02/23/20 Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,104 Likes: 6 Colorado S smokepole Campfire 'Bwana smokepole Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 46,104 Likes: 6 Colorado Sounds like it wasn't the "homemade astronaut" part that was the problem. It was the homemade rocket. A wise man is frequently humbled.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598771 02/23/20 Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,348 Likes: 3 Squidge Campfire Tracker Squidge Campfire Tracker Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7,348 Likes: 3 Remember why, specifically, the Bill of Rights was written...remember its purpose. It was written to limit the power of government over the individual. There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598796 02/23/20 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA kid0917 Campfire Outfitter kid0917 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,359 VA Is it too late to say "Don't try this at home???"

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598948 02/23/20 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,638 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,638 Anchorage, AK USA OOoooooppppssss Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14598966 02/23/20 Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 464 Kenai Pen, AK O OAM Campfire Member OAM Campfire Member O Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 464 Kenai Pen, AK I give him credit. Dude had a dream and went all in. His best days were behind him.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14599471 02/23/20 Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1,417 South Florida Capt_Craig Campfire Regular Capt_Craig Campfire Regular Joined: May 2012 Posts: 1,417 South Florida He might not have proved the Earth is flat, but he did prove that gravity is real. Damaged and lost his chute on liftoff, and did not have a second chute leading to the sudden stop at the bottom. He tried though.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14599494 02/23/20 Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 14,408 R rem141r Campfire Outfitter rem141r Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 14,408 i wonder what his plan was once he got to 5000 feet? My diploma is a DD214

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14599507 02/23/20 Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,202 Way Out West W WTF Campfire Regular WTF Campfire Regular W Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,202 Way Out West Last edited by WTF; 02/23/20.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself rem141r #14599533 02/23/20 Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,688 Subtropicalabama B Bama_Rick Campfire Regular Bama_Rick Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,688 Subtropicalabama Originally Posted by rem141r i wonder what his plan was once he got to 5000 feet? I wonder at what point he realized the chute was gone.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself Bama_Rick #14599560 02/23/20 Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 588 Michigan F Fugawe Campfire Regular Fugawe Campfire Regular F Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 588 Michigan He had plenty of time to think about what was about to happen. A friend said: I could do an endless freefall but there's always a planet in the way. No man who has left the Earth has failed to return.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14599650 02/23/20 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,683 Likes: 3 Fairbanksan in Aleutian Hell stevelyn Campfire Ranger stevelyn Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,683 Likes: 3 Fairbanksan in Aleutian Hell One of NASA's basic fundamentals: Redundant systems redundancy. Z

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14599676 02/23/20 Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,953 C ChuckKY Campfire Regular ChuckKY Campfire Regular C Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,953 Well, at least he didn't die sitting on his a$$ at 64 in front of the computer or television. A lot worse ways to go at his age.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself Dess #14599711 02/23/20 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,003 U urbaneruralite Campfire Tracker urbaneruralite Campfire Tracker U Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 3,003 Good for him. Went out his way. Nothing wrong with that Living in a world of G17s and 700s, wishing for P7s and 202s

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself rem141r #14599726 02/23/20 Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 6,211 Likes: 3 C Crockettnj Campfire Tracker Crockettnj Campfire Tracker C Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 6,211 Likes: 3 Originally Posted by rem141r i wonder what his plan was once he got to 5000 feet? Fall Originally Posted by Archerhunter Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14599745 02/23/20 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,856 Michigan U UPhiker Campfire Tracker UPhiker Campfire Tracker U Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,856 Michigan He found out the earth is HARD!

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself ChuckKY #14599924 02/23/20 Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 9,644 Likes: 2 Kentuck G gunzo Campfire Outfitter gunzo Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 9,644 Likes: 2 Kentuck Originally Posted by OAM I give him credit. Dude had a dream and went all in. His best days were behind him. Originally Posted by ChuckKY Well, at least he didn't die sitting on his a$$ at 64 in front of the computer or television. A lot worse ways to go at his age. Thanks guys. He could have lived a few more years drinking coffee with the gang at Hardees, & then spent 10 more years chitting his pants as he wondered the neighborhood not knowing who he was.

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14599935 02/23/20 Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,078 Canyon Ferry, Montana M MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger M Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,078 Canyon Ferry, Montana Hmmmm….I don't think the parachute is meant to deploy while the rocket is trying to go up......grin

Re: Homemade Astronaut Launches Himself RockyRaab #14599966 02/23/20 Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 10,145 Likes: 4 Kentucky Hills R reivertom Campfire Outfitter reivertom Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 10,145 Likes: 4 Kentucky Hills Thew sad thing is, he was old enough to know better. If steam was the way to go, NASA would have been doing it in the 1950s. Rocketeering is no place for guesswork.