I want a rocket for Christmas
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Hokkaido University in Japan has developed a small rocket that could be yours (unfortunately not mine) for US$19,000 when it soars onto the market this month. The Camui-50P rocket can fly as high as one kilometer (0.6 mile) within three seconds after take off.
Measuring 1.6 meters (5.25 feet) long and weighing 10.5 kilograms (23 pounds), the rocket has a cavity that can carry a small payload, such as a camera. The hybrid-type rocket runs on liquid oxygen and acrylic, and is reusable. Hokkaido Aerospace Science and Technology Incubation Center believes the rocket will "create a new genre of luxury hobbies." Via Technology Review/CNN. |
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Amateur rocketry has been around since Sputnik and high power rocketry for at least two decades. Both can be more sophisticated and much cheaper than this,
Getting flight clearance is an issue - which is why much of the high power activity in the US takes place at Black Rock in Nevada over a short span of time. (BALLS - nominally around Sept 10) - this year there was a FAA waiver to 100,000 feet and you could bring rockets up to almost 82,000 N-s without special consideration.
There is also a big concern with the government wanting to curtail this sort of activity due to worries about security.