<p>The RocketMavericks launch event ended on Saturday with the Android phone launch in James Dougherty's Intimidator-5 with a Cesaroni thermoplastic N4100 motor that screamed up to 28K feet under 1000 lbs of thrust.  (awesome <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ews23BQ1tAU&amp;hd=1">video summary</a> of this adventure, the precursor to the formation of Planet)
</p><p>The Nexus1 phone controlled the onboard video capture.  They want to take it to space....  This HTC phone has a better processor than many satellites, and decent sensors and gyros. They already know it works in a vacuum. This test was for the g-forces and temperature cycles of rocketry.
</p><p>Here is the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ7pUroGvFc">video it captured</a>, and here with a a cool <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vimeo.com/13904353">data overlay</a>
</p><p>The thermal swirls in this photo reminded me of the resident watercolor artist's renditions.
</p><p>Oh, and I am reminded of an earlier flickr discussion... Conquering space is an early milestone in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/21470089/#comment25377933">Google Master Plan</a>.
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An earlier test brought the phone back to the playa in a ballistic crash.  More photos below.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/44124348109@N01">Steve Jurvetson</a> from Los Altos, USA
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/4831155401/">Google/NASA PhoneSat Satellite Test</a>