Rocket Project team successfully launches a Vaio into the stratosphere

Earlier this spring, Sony\’s Rocket Project gave eight lucky high school students several Vaios, a crash course in rocketry, and the opportunity to design and build a rocket that may make it to the stratosphere. Well, what have you learnt? After a couple of weather-related setbacks, the item finally launched on Friday, July 23 from its launchpad inside the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, achieving Mach 2.8 (nearly 3 times the velocity of sound) within the process. Wernher von Braun never had it so good! Video after the break.