This rocket is AWESOME. It flys pretty high, and takes decent pictures during the assent. It can also record video. The shortcoming is that the software that comes with it does not work with Windows Vista. The pictures/video need to be downloaded after each launch. Since most rocket launches take place in remote locations, a laptop needs to be used for downloading, and almost all laptops come with Window Vista - in that respect it is pretty useless. Estes is aware of the need, but they havn't delivered a software patch yet. There was also no forewarning of it's Vista shortcomings, so don't spend $70 if are even thinking about using it with Vista.