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You can go see the most impressive ones launch at the annual BALLS event [1] in Blackrock desert several weeks after Burning Man. The FAA closes off the airspa
by akiselev 4y ago
You can go see the most impressive ones launch at the annual BALLS event [1] in Blackrock desert several weeks after Burning Man.
The FAA closes off the airspace around the desert which allows the really powerful rockets to fly.
[1] http://www.tripolimn.org/events/balls/ http://www.tripolimn.org/events/balls/
- pengaru 4y agoThis makes me wonder what else of interest occurs in that desert throughout the year? Is there anything preventing someone from just camping there year-round to enjoy the spectacles?
- nofunsir 4y agoBLM will kick you off public land when pay to play permit holders show up.
- mlindner 4y agoIt's not that desert, but instead in a near by desert in Arizona: https://bigsandyshoot.com/ https://bigsandyshoot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h3HAv9ra9Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h3HAv9ra9Q It's where all the private individual owners of the biggest military equipment you can buy in the US go to shoot their equipment that would be basically illegal to shoot anywhere else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R02emks3BoQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R02emks3BoQ I like this one where they shoot a ball turret from a bomber from a different year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_TaK0WZj2k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_TaK0WZj2k
- rurp 4y agoThere are limits to how long you can camp in a single spot on public land, but no law against travelling around and camping in different areas as long as you want.