Steve Eves Saturn V Rocket Replica

clipped from news.nationalgeographic.com World's Largest Model Rocket Launch Is Blazing Success At nearly four stories tall, the world's largest model rocket was only a tenth the size of a real rocket. But the craft's April 25 launch in Price, Maryland, was no small feat. clipped from www.youtube.com clipped from www.rocketryplanet.com Lake Township man aims high with Saturn V rocket replica It's where Steve Eves, 50, has taken his lifelong love of rockets to new heights. The auto-body technician is constructing a 36-foot hobby rocket replica of the iconic Saturn V that took Americans to the moon in the country's race to beat the Soviet Union to the lunar surface during the Cold War. clipped from www.youtube.com Steve Eves Builds Saturn V Rocket Replica clipped from www.rocketsmagazine.com clipped from www.rocketsmagazine.com Steve Eves 1:10th Scale Saturn V Preparation and Launch April 24-25, 2009 MDRA Field Higgs Farm, Price Maryland Hundreds of photos from Steve Eves' 1:10th Scale Saturn V Launch Day are available for purchase in the ROCKETS Magazine Photo Shop

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1. World's Largest Model Rocket Launch Is Blazing Success
2. YouTube - Steve Eves' Saturn V Launch
3. Lake Township man aims high with Saturn V rocket replica - Rocketry Planet
4. YouTube - Steve Eves Builds Saturn V Rocket Replica
5. Rockets Magazine - Saturn V Project
6. Rockets Magazine - Saturn V Project

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The Bloodhound SSC 1,000-mph Car

clipped from www.sciam.com scientific american Speed racer: Jet- and- rocket- powered 1,000-mph car ready to go More than a decade after driving their jet-powered Thrust SSC (for super sonic car) an ear-popping 763 miles (1,228 kilometers) per hour, a team of British engineers and pilots has set its sites on a new record: to build a car by 2011 that can travel faster than 1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers) per hour, BBC News reports. The team has already christened its new super sonic vehicle--which will be powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter Typhoon jet engine--the Bloodhound SSC. clipped from edition.cnn.com Bloodhound rocket car sniffs out 1,000-mph land speed record LONDON, England (CNN) -- Speed enthusiasts hope to build a rocket car that can go faster than a bullet from a handgun -- and break the world land speed record. clipped from www.bloodhoundssc.com Education and engagement Read more Breaking the record Read more The Bloodhound image library Read more clipped from uk.youtube.com Bloodhound SSC 1000+mph car!

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Rocket Racing League

The Rocket Racing League (RRL) is a futuristic sports league combining the exhilaration of racing with the power of rocket engines

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Rocket Racing League The Rocket Racing League is a proposed racing league that would use rocket powered aircraft. The formation of the league was announced by Granger Whitelaw two time Indy 500 winning team owner and Peter Diamandis, founder of the Ansari X-Prize, on October 3, 2005, in partnership with the Reno Air Races. According to Diamandis, the purpose of the league is to "inspire people of all ages to once again look up into the sky and find inspiration and excitement." clipped from uk.youtube.com Rocket Racing League - Teaser clipped from www.rocketracingleague.com Rocket engines are provided through multiple engine manufacturers who serve as technology partners to the League, augmenting its own staff in the primary technology areas of airframe, avionics and engine integration. Currently the two engine technology partners are Armadillo Aerospace and XCOR Aerospace. clipped from www.armadilloaerospace.com clipped from uk.youtube.com Test flight of RRL Rocket Racer with Armadillo Aerospace eng clipped from www.xcor.com clipped from uk.youtube.com XCOR Rocket Racer flight test clipped from www.rocketracingleague.com GALLERY: Home Oshkosh 2008

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Rocket Racing League Wants to be NASCAR in the Air | Geekdad from Wired.com