New Zealand joins the space race :)

November 18, 2009 by Avalon
Filed under: Only in New Zealand

Courtesy of Slashdot – (news for nerds) and I would just like to pint out that it was hubby who found this and not me.

“Private New Zealand aerospace company Rocket Lab completed its final ground-based test today and is now ready to launch New Zealand into the space race with its Atea-1 launch vehicle. The first high-altitude launch of Atea-1 is scheduled for the end of November this year. Once Atea-1 has successfully concluded the development phase it will be the first privately built rocket launched from the Southern Hemisphere to enter space.”

The funniest thing about this is the comments:

What I do remember well was when the builder was asked if he would fly in it, the answer was along the lines of “hell no”.

But they are on the bottom of the planet – won’t they be firing the wrong way?

Of course not, it’s a huge advantage, they just have to drop the rocket. They’ll save loads of fuel.

Rocket: Oh Noo, Oh Noo, I’m launched Broo. I’m launched es. Satellite: Hey Broo, Hey Broo, what are you doing broo? Rocket: Dude, I’m launched es. Satellite: Ah Haw Shit. Your launched es! Rocket: Tell me something I doo’nt noo. Satellite:…. Broo, you’re heaps launched es! Rocket: Soo launched. Launched es.

We should have never given these people the technology to make movies. They’ve progressed in only one generation from filmmaking to building rockets. Who knows what shenanigans they may be capable of in the next generation.

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