When you’re building advanced rockets as BPS.Space are, an unreliable launchpad is the something you really don’t want to be struggling with. [Joe Barnard] is working on a model rocket that ...

Building and flying model ... the rocket’s GPS location overlaid on Google Maps. Being able to remotely ignite your rockets and track their progress brings some high-tech cool to the launch ...

A few years back my son was given a ticket for launching a small Estes model rocket from a concrete pad in a Longmont park.