The Mundine Rocket

This nose cone was padded to protect the scientific satellite it carried. The parachute to soften the landing on re-entry was stored below the nose.

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Suicidal Emus and Rockets Galore

October 9th 2014
I got up at 6.45am to see if the sunrise over the salt in Lake Hart would be any more colourful than the sunset last night. There was some colour but it still wasn’t very strong, disappointingly. After breakfast, we packed up ready to leave and I was in the process of lifting one of the blocks we use to level the van when Barry’s hold on the brake slipped. I just managed to get my fingers out ... read more

Oceania » Australia » South Australia » Woomera

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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