"T minus three ... we have ignition."

[unixronin]

In honor of the largest rocket ever built, the largest model rocket ever built, a 1/10-scale Saturn V, was recently launched from Price, Maryland. Video of the launch is available on YouTube, linked from that article.

You really want to sit and wait all the way to the end. Trust me on this. The slow-motion repeat at the end looks, and sounds, as close as we'll ever see again to the real thing outside of Hollywood movies. I have a hard time finding words for quite how I'm feeling right now.

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[fatcook.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the memory reminder. I got see Apollo 16 launch from 5 mile point. The most impressive thing was the lack of sound. That and the punch in the chest as the shockwave hit before the soundwave.