A self-taught hobbyist reproduced the launch and landing of a miniature replica of the Flacon 9 rocket, which he had been building for 7 years (video)

Joe Barnard, a self-taught American amateur, was able to replicate the launch and landing of a miniature copy of the Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX. It took him seven years to do so.

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Joe started working on his project in the fall of 2015 with no knowledge of programming or aeronautics. He set out to build a scaled-down replica of the reusable rocket Falcon 9. The Los Angeles resident named his version of the rocket Scout F.

The enthusiast even opened his own company for this purpose, which was named Barnard Propulsion Systems (BPS.space). Joe gets money from the online store, Patreon and YouTube-channel BPS.space.

Current launches Scout F are limited in altitude, but Barnard plans to send the rocket to about 100 km altitude. In addition, the enthusiast is working on another "crazy" project. It is called Meet rocket, but the details are kept secret.

Source: BPS.space