Sunday, April 26, 2009

1/10th Scale Saturn V Launches in Maryland Yesterday

I was considering attending the launch of this, but it happened during the Ohio State Spring Game and was also on the Eastern shore (about a 3 hour drive). Football won out, but this is really cool.

It's an enormous 1/10th scale Saturn V, and had a beautiful launch.

As a father-son project, my Dad and I created a scale Saturn V (can't recall the exact scale, but it was about 4.5 inches in diameter and about 4 feet tall). In comparison, the rocket that lunched yesterday is 36 feet tall! (Ok, I guess I can do the math... mine was 1/90th scale.)

It had a beautiful launch, as you can see in this article and the youtube video below.