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High Altitude Rocket On-board Video: Qu8k - BALLS 20 - Carmack Prize Attempt
- By Keith Cowing
- Posted October 12, 2011 11:00 PM
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On September 30, 2011 at 11:08am, Derek Deville's Qu8k (pronounced "Quake") launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to an altitude of 121,000' before returning safely to earth. Above 99% of the atmosphere the sky turns black in the middle of the day and the curvature of the earth is clearly visible.
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