Most Powerful Amateur Rocket in Canada

Alex Schmidt writes "A group of Canadian 'amateur' rocketeers successfully launched a 16 1/2 foot rocket to a height of about 5500 feet. The rocket is based on the 'Dauphine' a meteorological rocket from the 1960's. The rocket weighed 300 pounds, stood 16.5 feet high and 21 inches in diameter. The motors generated 2400lbs of thrust. It successfully landed after 3 of 4 parachutes properly deployed."

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Missile Defense

[tds67]

With 2400 pounds of thrust, powered by three motors, the rocket hit an estimated seven or so G-forces as it left the earth behind and reached 5,500 feet, at its highest point, or apogee, before arching back down.

I see no mention of the Canadian Defense Dept. being notified that this launch was to take place. Isn't there a chance that this sort of thing can be misinterpreted by Canadian or U.S. militaries as being a hostile missile attack coming from another country or by terrorists within Canada? Was there a tense moment at NORAD, I wonder? Can I build my own mega-missile and launch it a mile up whenever I feel like doing it?

canada sucks

[Java no not that jav]

this is a rather sad acheavment, is canada truely this far behind the rest of the modern world... at this rate they wont get to the moon untill 2043.

Terribly sorry....

[BigBadBri]

But isn't this story a bit like 'the biggest foreskin in Israel', or 'the most honest politician in [fill in country here]', or just maybe 'the most anti-M$ story on /.'?

So somebody's modded an existing rocket, and made it go a bit higher.

Am I supposed to be impressed?

Is it Werner von Braun?

Have the Canadians discovered a new vein of ex-Nazi scientists to propel their rocket programme into the 20th century?

Sorry, guys - I'm not impressed.