Steve Eves was 10 years old in 1969. That summer, the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the moon.
Last Saturday, Eves set a new amateur rocketry record when he launched his 1/10th scale replica of the Saturn V rocket from a farm in Maryland.
The model Saturn V was 36 feet tall, weighed 1,600 pounds, and flew to a height of almost a mile (4400 feet).
A man’s got to have a hobby . . .
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4lj6YSwzg
Tags: model rocket Apollo 11, Saturn V, Steve Eves
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This is the same rocket we saw at the Cleveland, OH Air Show last September. Mom took the two boys to the show and had a great day. Glad to see it went up well. There is something about the Saturn V, a very impressive rocket.
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