[chbot] Can you hear me Major Tom?

[Chris Hellyar]

Ooo!

I missed the opportunity for a joke as well....

I mean, it's not rocket science is it.

Oh.

Wait.

it is.  :-) :-).

Right, enough of that.  Moving on.  Nothing to see here.


On 12/04/12 18:37, Chris Hellyar wrote:
> 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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