Model Forum / General / Rockets / August 2004

(This has also been posted on ROL. At the moment, TRF is down.)

Ok, this one I had to share. Not sure if anyone has heard of "The
Foundation For a Better Life", but I just saw one of their commercials
and raced to their website. Low and behold, all of the commercials are
on their site and available for download. This particular commercial
utilizes model rockets as a teaching tool and places emphasis on "the
power of dreaming." Although only 33 seconds long, it depicts a boy
failing to launch a rocket in front of his friends due to a CATO, but
with the help of his teacher he is encouraged to try again. The
setting is in a science classroom and has all sorts of cool science
stuff in the background including microscopes, "space" props, and a
large HPR looking rocket in the corner.
Products featured: Estes Saturn V, Alpha III, Phantom (clear static
display rocket), Big Bertha, and Estes basic LPR ground support. The
launches all look real including the CATO. That last launch has an
interesting camera angle and is obviously slowed down for effect. See
it for yourself!

Here is a direct link to the movie: "Live Your Dreams" or
http://www.forbetterlife.org/media/eng/WM/WM300/Rocket_high.wmv

If that doesn't work, navigate to http://www.forbetterlife.org - click
on "TV Spots", then locate the image thumbnail with the caption "Live
Your Dreams" and "Rocket." The movie is listed in the righthand
column.

Wow...model rocketry must be alive and well.

Enjoy.

Eugenio Cebollero, NAR #81161, Team Tour de Deuce