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Article: SPACEQUEST: Belleville man wants to put satellite in orbit
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- April 30, 2008
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BELLEVILLE - It's easy to be skeptical of Gary Streeter's plan to
put a satellite into space.
After all, he has bought many of his rocket parts at Home Depot.
His engine testing ground is the weed-choked yard of a 145-year-
old brick home on the edge of downtown.
And mission control sits in the backyard, inside a lemon-yellow
building the size of a one-car garage with windows covered by
colorful curtains of rockets, stars and planets. It's there, in his
spare time, where Streeter amid piles of boxes, furniture and books
tinkers with his plans to launch a satellite next year on the 40th
anniversary of the first moon landing.
"A lot of people thought Columbus was nuts," said Streeter, who
sees ...
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