Technabob » guiness http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:00:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Texas Scouts’ World Record Rocket Launch http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/14/texas-scouts-world-record-rocket-launch/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/14/texas-scouts-world-record-rocket-launch/#comments Mon, 14 May 2007 16:00:51 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/05/14/texas-scouts-world-record-rocket-launch/ This weekend, a group of Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts in Austin, Texas set out to break the Guinness World Record for the number of simultaneously launched model rockets.

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They successfully deployed 965 model rockets at the same instant, smashing the previous record of just under 400 rockets. Check out this video of the launch:

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Congratulations to Cub Scout Pack 990 and Boy Scout Troop 990 for pulling off this amazing feat!

[via Engadget, photos via fauxtoe]

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