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Week 14a: PhotoRockumentation at Andenes Rocket Range!

Posted by adamvigs | 24th November 2009

Hello!

It's officially the polar night, my classes are coming to a close, and my first final is less than a week away!

Quite simply, last week (er, last last week) was one of the best weeks of my life. Over five days at the Andenes Rocket Range here in Norway, we assembled, tested, and launched a rocket. A real rocket. 80 g's of acceleration. Mach 3. Twice the altitude of a 747. I'm still pinching myself.

I took pages and pages of jot notes, official notes, snapped pictures, dashed off e-mails, and accumulated a binder's worth of paper at the Rocket Range. I literally have enough to write a book. And (because I'm a perfectionist), when I do sit down to write that part of my trip, I want to do it justice. Alas, the tiny matter of studying doesn't lend itself well to novel-writing.

MY PLAN

SO, I have a compromise. I've uploaded all sorts of pictures from the week, along with more comments than usual, as a sort of "interim" posting. You can find the pictur

Continued | Spaced-out Semester

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