# Home-Made Space Launch

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-made-space-launch/557596>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 18, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-made-space-launch/557596 "2010-10-18T20:34:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-made-space-launch/557596/1 "2010-10-18T20:34:58Z")

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I thought this was pretty cool - a family makes a home-made spaceship. With video of space launch. 😃

> **[Brooklyn Dad and Kid Send iPhone Into Outer Space](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2010/10/brooklyn_dad_and_kid_send_ipho.html?utm_campaign=Feed%3A%2Bnymag%2Fintel%2B%28Daily%2BIntelligencer%2B-%2BNew%2BYork%2BMagazine%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner)**
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> This is not some joke based on Pixar's 'Up.'

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-made-space-launch/557596/2 "2010-10-18T20:42:26Z")

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That’s totally cool. Thank you for that!

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-made-space-launch/557596/3 "2010-10-18T22:23:51Z")

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Very cool it only drifted 30 miles.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-made-space-launch/557596/4 "2010-10-19T02:38:01Z")

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[The first launch of this topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=581214)