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Moving to another instance? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/rockets@lemm.ee
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With lemm.ee shutting down at the end of the month, where should we move to?

I couldn't find an existing rocket community on a different instance, but there are a few related communities:

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Operation Sandy: sea launch of a V-2 from the deck USS Midway (1947) (www.youtube.com)
submitted 7 months ago by pauldrye@lemm.ee to c/rockets@lemm.ee
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This is film of Operation Sandy, the first sea launch of a large rocket. It took place on the deck of the USS Midway in 1947, with a captured V-2 setting off at a janky angle and then breaking up before making it to 5 kilometers high:

I've linked to the flight portion of a newsreel about the whole thing.