History of Estes Model Rockets

I posted about this on Boing Boing earlier in the week, but it has gotten such a big response (from nerds of a certain age) that I thought I’d post it here as well.

This 21-minute mini doc looks at the creation of the model rocket hobby in the late 1950s and the creation and rise of Estes Industries, the first large-scale commercial model rocket company.

Some great footage and photos here of G. Harry Stine, Vern and Gleda Estes, Mike Dorffler (inventor of the Cineroc), Bob Cannon (Estes educational outreach), and others.

How many Adafruit readers built and flew model rockets in their youth?

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