Today In Space podcast: Episode 140– University Rocketeers
University Rocketeers - USC's Rocket Lab Smash the Amateur Altitude Record - YouTube
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On Episode 140 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Dan Erwin and trainee Ryan Kraemer about amateur rocketry.A lot of us flew design rockets as youths, however USC Rocket Propulsion Lab takes amateur rocketry to an entire brand-new level-- in this case, 470,000 feet! Meet Erwin and Kraemer, who, in addition to a really skilled group of other undergrads, constructed and flew Aftershock II, a 14-foot, 330-pound "amateur" rocket that flew out of the Nevada desert and into the record books.It's an enjoyable episode that will leave you wanting that your university had a club that was half this cool!Area news of the weekResourcefulness resides on!The Geminids are here!N...