Jim Richards With Homemade Rocket, July 1960

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Ann Arbor News, July 27, 1960
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BUILDS ROCKET MOTOR: Jim Richards, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie R. Richards of 2482 Carpenter Rd., Pittsfield township, inspects a 14 and 3/4 pound, 7,200 pounds minimum thrust rocket motor which has taken him five years to build. Jim, who built a 48 inch, 4 pound satellite during is senior year at Ann Arbor High School, said his rocket motor will push a rocket 150 times its own weight. He plans to start work on a rocket for the motor in the near future.