Demise of Martian Sunrise
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Joseph and I built an Aerotech Arreaux. He painted it and I named it Martian Sunrise. We took it to Santa Fe Dam to fly it at the SCRA launch. I loaded an E15-7W engine, and the LCO gave a countdown and pressed the button. It fizzled. The igniter popped but didn't start the engine, probably because I hadn't attached it securely enough. We tried again and up it flew. And then it continued on a ballistic trajectory back to the Earth. The flight ended after 13 seconds with the nose cone embedded 6 inches into packed dirt. The airframe was shredded.… Read More