Experience and Luck
You start with an empty bag of experience, and a full bag of luck.
The trick is, to make sure you fill the former before you empty the latter.
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I was thinking this approach as well..... have a 2 stage launch process, where the bursting of the balloon (or the altitude release mechanism) allows stage 1 to freefall.
Stage 1 has a simple parachute or wing to make it fall vertically.
A few seconds later, stage 2 (the LOHAN rocket) fires.
By this time, it is well clear of the balloon, and the launch platform is vertical.