Today we set up the tower in the Maxus building. This is the building from which the Maxus rockets are fired. Our rocket feels a bit small compared to the eighteen meters tall mockup of the Maxus. These giants fly to 700 km. Also the tower of the Maxus is gigantic compared to our six meter tall tower.

The Maxus building

We use this building so we can prepare the rocket under room temperature and the rocket will be exposed to the cold as short as possible. Just before the launch the whole Maxus building will be rolled backwards on tracks. Sounds cool, doesn’t it? A very big building sliding backwards for only a four meter tall rocket? You would think this should fit easily. It doesn’t. The span of our tower is too large. Fortunately we found a solution.

It is not possible to give the tower the right azimuth angle and slide the Maxus building Backwards

The electronics team went cross country skiing today. Unfortunately for them they met the rest of the team later that day… Those skis are not that stable you know.

Fun in the snow