Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!ames!eugene From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Successful private space venture Message-ID: <455@ames.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 11:42:54 EDT Article-I.D.: ames.455 Posted: Tue Aug 7 11:42:54 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 03:52:37 EDT Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 9 I see from the SJ Mercury news that the local Redwood City firm called Starstruck had their first successful 14 second launch of their rocket off San Diego. It was a missile placed in the water and then launched. Three prior failures had problems such as water leakage, and frozen values. --eugene miya NASA Ames Res. Ctr.