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		jgrahamc on Oct 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amateur rocket launch reaches 121,000 feet They would have to compensate for artificial curvature introduced by the cameras they are using. If you look at the images you can clearly see that effect.

mhb on Oct 20, 2011 [–]

They should be able to do that. No?

thwest on Oct 20, 2011 | [–]

Yes camera calibration is a well known problem. You have some nice straight lines from the launch pad structure you should be able to do it with.

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