Not all rockets have to be huge to do engineering work

The Image of the Day from NASA today is the launch of a rocket that carries a payload to test an inflatable re-entry system. Note the light pole and picnic table on the lower right of the picture, showing the scale of the rocket.

Looks like it could have been launched from a freeway rest area.

Not every space-related engineering test has to involve rockets tens of stories tall…

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Cross-posted between Random Fate and The Moderate Voice.

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