On: Student rocket group shatters amateur space record

[WalterBright]

The value is in educating the next generation of rocketmen.

[saagarjha → WalterBright]

idk what "value" people expect out of a model rocket, anyway. Of course SpaceX or NASA is sending things to orbit. The value is you get to have fun launching things into space yourself!

[WalterBright → saagarjha]

Working through the equations, and then building a working machine from it, is very educational.