Jul 012018
This isn’t a particularly new video (dates back to 2014, at least), but it’s still entertaining. There is apparently a tradition in Thailand to celebrate festivals not just with rockets, but with complex and clever spinning rocket-powered vehicles made from bamboo. The one in this video is particularly large and equipped with a recovery system.
This is not only impressive on its own. But compare it to the celebratory pyrotechnics of other cultures: waving crappy AK-47s around and spraying the sky with bullets, or just simply blowing stuff up, or setting people on fire. This is instead the product of intelligence, workmanship, planning and teamwork… and it worked.