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This is Chris Redgrave for Zions Bank Speaking on Business.

Did you know you can find rocket launches and rocket enthusiasts all over the United States? It's a legal hobby as long as all federal and state regulations are followed. In some cases, that means actually asking for and receiving a waiver of operations from the FAA..... There's dozens of regional or local clubs across the country, along with prime spots where enthusiasts congregate for launches...

Gary Rosenfield's Cedar City company, RCS Rocket Motor Components, is all about rockets...Today, RCS and their eleven employees have a huge following in the model rocket world.... They mostly manufacture rocket motors, but they also create rocket kits you can use to build a great rocket ... And if you think this is small time stuff, rocket sizes range in height from three to seven feet tall...And as for distance, power and speed? Last year, using two RCS motors, a group from California flew rockets up to 104,000 feet —high enough to see the curvature of the earth!

Take Blackrock Desert in Nevada, a dry lake bed 80 miles long and 20 miles wide where rockets are launched, many using RCS components....Other popular places include the parking lot of local sport stadiums, with launch points sometimes inside the stadium itself.

See, Gary's dad was an aerospace engineer.... It's significant because it influenced him early in his life. He realized that making rockets and launching them was one of his favorite activities. Did he think, in his wildest dreams that it would ever become more than a hobby, that it would become a passion and eventually, a livelihood..? Uh-uh... But it has.

This is a wide market serving everyone from smaller hobby rockets to rocket motors for commercial customers, but the bulk of business is mid-range hobby rocket.... RCS Rocket Motor Components also has an extensive catalogue of their products, designed to reach an even wider customer base... And Gary expects this hobby will continue to grow.

Speaking on Business is now on video, on the Zions Direct TV YouTube Channel. That's Zions Direct TV.

For Zions Bank, I'm Chris Redgrave, speaking on business.

RCS Rocket Motor Components 2113 W. 850 North Cedar City, UT 84721 435-865-7100; www.rocketmotorparts.com

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