[chbot] Can you hear me Major Tom?

[Chris Hellyar]

Evening, I read that one, and thought it was odd.

(Disclaimer: I'm not suggesting they're not smart fellas, as they 
clearly are.)

I thought the article must have missed some detail as I'm having trouble 
imagining that there's anything new or novel about stabilising a rocket 
in transonic flight is there?

There must be some twist that the journo missed in the duming down for 
the masses process when they wrote that article me thinks.

Having said that, I really, really like their toy having thought about 
doing a rapid ascent platform a few times but never got past the 
thinking part.  :-)

Cheers, Chris H.


On 12/04/12 11:46, kerry at manukadesign.co.nz wrote:
> "Canterbury University students are preparing to launch a rocket into 
> the skies above Banks Peninsula.
>
> The 2.3-metre-long, student-built rocket will travel faster than the 
> speed of sound, reaching 2200kmh to get up to 10 kilometres into the 
> atmosphere.
>
> It will enable students to collect data to help them develop a 
> real-time, self-correcting control system."
>
> http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6727216/This-time-it-is-rocket-science
>
>
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