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==Controversy in the United States==
Both amateur and model rocketry have come under controversy in the United States following the [[September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks|terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001]], as federal and state authorities allege that model rockets can be modified to act as weapons.{{fact}}
Authorities argue that all members of the hobby should have to be licensed and their purchases recorded and reported to federal agencies. Critics of such policies, particularly those involved in the hobby itself, argue that while building model rockets capable of high speeds and fairly impressive altitudes is a relatively simple feat, guidance systems are exceedingly difficult to design and expensive to implement. G. Harry Stine has stated in his Handbook of Model Rocketry that <blockquote>
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