Re: News - Private rocket falters after N.M. launch


Rusty wrote:


Private rocket falters after N.M. launch

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/15607688.htm

Mon, Sep. 25, 2006

It was not immediately clear where the craft landed or what condition
it was in. Launch logistical coordinator Tracey Larson said it was
possible that the rocket and its payload could have survived the crash.


I am pretty sure the customers that bought these $299 "Inaugural Flight
Patches Actually Flown" will be really disappointed now.

http://www.upaerospace.com/missionpatches.html


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