Houston, Red Ryder Has Landed
A report from Rocket Team Vatsaas:
Ralphie has made Blog History by being the first blog mascot to be hurled to an altitude of almost a mile high. It was a thing of beauty. Ralphie survived -- for the most part -- but based on the spiral flight trajectory either Ralphie skipped out on some of his pilot training or he was cavorting with the official Sommelier of California prior to launch. According the on board flight computer (yes, really!) Ralphie reached an altitude of 5100 feet above ground level, as well being punished by over 4 g's of acceleration. Max speed for the flight was 0.6 Mach (He has some ways to go before becoming the Chuck Yeager of dolls). Ralphie's rocket ship will also stuck a perfect 3 point landing. So all is well.
Photos of the flight were taken with a high speed digital 35 mm camera, instead of digital so there will be some delay before online pictures are available. We are hoping someone got video of the flight. If footage is submitted to us, we'll pass it on.
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