In my "spare" time, in between astronomy, my medical practice and family, I enjoyed building and launching rockets with some of my friends and family. We had a lot of fun and got some incredible pictures of our house, observatory and our property, along with much of the surrounding area.
Mission Control (1990)
Rocket cheerleader?
Mike's Tiger Shark
Awesome flames
Doug Gerrard and Joe Ortiz preparing Mike's rocket for launch
The camera that took the awesome pictures
Doug Gerrard and Steve Pryor preparing the rocket for the day's launch
Uncle Frank assisting Doug with Goliath
Doug Gerrard's mighty Goliath taking off
Rick Hudson discussing astrophysics with Doug
"please don't crash, please don't crash"
Doug Gerrard's mighty Talon taking off
The videographer shooting the photographer
Retrieval crew
oops! Back to the shop.
Google Earth eat your heart out
Awesome rocket
Mike and Doug Gerrard getting ready to launch
Blast off!
See the cars and launch smoke?
Smooth landing
Daddy's girls
Mike and his Rockets as a work in progress
Our good friend Frank Uroda, Public Missles Ltd.
Our house, dome and property. Not bad for a bunch of amateurs.
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