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Wanna Buy a Reusable Rocket for 19k USD?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cheap-thrill dept.

Anonymous Coward writes with story from the Mainchi Daily News: "'Earlier this month, Hokkaido University started putting its Camui rockets on the open market. Camui rockets are true rockets, being 1.6 meters long, flying at 300 meters per second and parachuting slowly to the ground after reaching heights of up to 1 kilometer.' The Camui use a mixture of fixed fuel acrylic and liquid oxygen."

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  1. On road costs by hfis · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Whilst 19k sounds like an "ok" (hah) price, imagine the 'on road' costs of running this thing. That fuel isn't cheap, no matter where you are..

  2. Re:why is this here? by really? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think that's the case; you can see towards the bottom of the article they talk of "60Km" ... from one to 60 would be quite a bit of a jump.

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  3. Re:IN OTHER NEWS: by nathanh · · Score: 3, Insightful
    The Bush administration has found evidence of a massive WMD missile facility in your backyard.

    That's OK. You have no oil in your backyard so you're perfectly safe, just like North Korea.

  4. Re:Ah, that's tame. by pklong · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nukes don't kill people, people do.

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