Old rocketry photos

Found these in a old auction lot been wondering what it was about for years. Approx 1960 or so in Maine I think.

Huh... No idea. Looks like a neat contender for a clone. Especially if someone more knowledgeable in rocket history can ID the vehicle.

Maybe reach out to the guy that does the space rocket history podcast?

From a look at the Pics', I use my powers of Deduction to make the assumption that the Motor was underpowered, the Rocket exhausted all of its Thrust on the Pad, and then the Ejection Charge fired causing the Damage.

Yes very cool look . Compare to man in the pictures it's 8-10dia and about 6' tall

That looks like no known rocket that I have seen. Peter Alway could chime in and answer it more definitively though.

My guess is that it is an amateur/experimental rocket. The fins appear to be plywood (or some kind of wood), and most of the "real rocket science" of the era was all metal construction. There doesn't appear to be a recovery system and the motor, I don't know know what to make of it.

Regardless, I am sure that there is a very interesting story behind it.

Greg

Look at the giant fins. The poor souls that existed before OpenRocket.


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I would guess it is a testing rocket built to test the home made engine and solid fuel.
That has 60's rocket scientist geeks written all over it.