Video Source: www.cosrocs.org Additional Details: www.rocketryplanet.com www.ulalaunch.com Ball Aerospace Stars 'N' Stripes Rocket: Here's a Ball Aerospace Intern rocket with really cool motors on the fins firing forward to limit altitude. The video clearly shows the forward thrust. The Stars 'N' Stripes Rocket was launched by United Launch Alliance, Ball Aerospace Interns and High School Students on Saturday, July 30, 2011 from a launch site near Pueblo, Colorado. Interns from both companies--representing the future of the aerospace industry--built the high-power rockets and a variety of multi-faceted payloads this summer as part of their experience at their respective companies. A major new addition to this year's effort has been the work of 14 teams from 11 Colorado high schools, laboring for months to develop payloads to launch on the rockets. The Stars 'N' Stripes rocket features a unique retro-rocket system designed to fire in reverse to keep the rocket within FAA-imposed altitude limitations. It carries two payloads. The rocket was built by United Launch Alliance summer interns from 2011 (and 2010), and the payloads were provided by Ball Aerospace summer interns. The Ball interns, known as BIRST (Ball Intern Rocket Scientist Team), are delivering four separate payloads for the two larger rocket launches. They include a remote exploration vehicle meant to simulate the Mars Pathfinder, a high altitude inflatable viewing device, an on-board camera/GPS with a possible ...