Amateur Rocket Launch to 121, 000 at Mach 3 On board Video Qu8k Near Space Launch

Showing the views from a FlipHD and a GoPro side by side you get a first hand view of what it is like to fly to 121, 000 feet. These cameras flew on September 30, 2011 at 11:08am on Derek Deville s Qu8k (pronounced Quake ) launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada before returning safely to earth. A plastic cover that was protecting the protruding portion of the GoPro began to melt due to aerodynamic heating and can be seen as streaks passing by the lens. A small bit of this molten plastic resolidifi