Not going to link to it, but the article on the NY Post's site is particularly egregious.
-- Roger
https://nypost.com/2016/04/05/model-rocket-kills-star-student/ is the NY Post article.Not going to link to it, but the article on the NY Post's site is particularly egregious.
-- Roger
https://nypost.com/2016/04/05/model-rocket-kills-star-student/ is the NY Post article.
The article is sensationalized by using a stock photograph of a model rocket, and by the additional connection this event to the Boy Scout launch death in CA last November.
He received 2nd place for chemistry in the senior science fair.
One was an adult the other was 17. I hope I dont have to baby a 17-18 year old.
As is was my friend and I cut open rolls and rolls of caps to make a giant golf ball sized cap. We took it to one of those abandoned concrete block shacks that are scattered over the So Cal high desert. We tried lighting it but couldn't get it lit. So we decided to throw a pipe with an end cap on it until we finally hit it. Apparently concrete blocks reflect sound. Who knew? I thought I had blown out my eardrums. My ears rang for a few days after that one.
In this report posted to YouTube on 04/05/16 and at approximately 22-30 seconds in, the reporter makes it clear that the device that exploded was clearly not a "hobby rocket" according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department. What was that about the news media only reporting the "facts" given them by "public officials"? Apparently, most other media outlets chose to go with the more sensational version of the event.
[video=youtube;FoXo6Dc-cYs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoXo6Dc-cYs[/video]
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