<p>This is even better than melting the asphalt driveway or setting up a potato cannon. </p>
<p>[Launching</a> a Christmas tree with 32 large model rocket engines](<a href=“http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/06/launching-a-christma.html#comments]Launching”>http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/06/launching-a-christma.html#comments)</p>
<p>That is SO something my husband would love!!!</p>
<p>Thanks for that link. My AE son is gonna love it. Unfortunately, our tree isn’t down yet and over the vacation my husband found a stash of unused model rocket engines. I’ll need to keep an eye on them…</p>
<p>OMG, I sent the link to hubby and then realized - our tree is still up! :eek:</p>
<p>GREAT IDEA…we are just a few miles from the Rose Bowl. If you see a tree streaking over the BCS Championship game tonight…just know that it’s dedicated to my CC chums.</p>
<p>Cool. I used to launch. Got DS involved in launching in 1st grade.<br>
Now I think we have to get Homeland Security clearance.</p>
<p>woops…to any Homeland Security types monitoring potential “launchs” by middle aged Pasadena moms…I WAS JUST KIDDING.</p>
<p>Too funny – sending link to S who loves all things that fly, and who hopes to be a pilot someday …</p>
<p>Loved it! Sent link to my former “rocket boys”, H and S1, now a current PhD student. I bet they wish they had thought of this.</p>
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But would you have let them do it? :)</p>
<p>Absolutely! A family of engineers here. Wouldn’t think twice if they wanted to do something similar.</p>
<p>We grow Christmas trees, and I just want to point out that though some of the dry grass caught fire, the Christmas tree did not!</p>
<p>Passing this one on to my sons…looks like fun.</p>
<p>H did not like the fact that the launch happened in the middle of a field full of dried grass, but appreciated the fact that the kids brought a couple of fire extingushers along.</p>