diff --git a/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/rocketHands/rockethands.js b/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/rocketHands/rockethands.js
index da80a84432..d5dfe48ea0 100644
--- a/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/rocketHands/rockethands.js
+++ b/unpublishedScripts/marketplace/rocketHands/rockethands.js
@@ -17,39 +17,23 @@
 	function checkRocketing() {
 		if (HMD.active) {
 			if (Controller.Hardware.Vive || Controller.Hardware.OculusTouch) {
-				var leftHand = Controller.getPoseValue(Controller.Standard.LeftHand);
-				var rightHand = Controller.getPoseValue(Controller.Standard.RightHand);
-				var leftWorldControllerPos = Vec3.sum(MyAvatar.position, Vec3.multiplyQbyV(MyAvatar.orientation, leftHand.translation));
-				var rightWorldControllerPos = Vec3.sum(MyAvatar.position, Vec3.multiplyQbyV(MyAvatar.orientation, rightHand.translation));
-				var hipPosition = MyAvatar.getJointPosition("Hips");
-				var controllerHipThreshold = 0.1; // In Meters. Experimentally determined. Used to figure out if user's hands are "close enough" to their hips.
-				var controllerRotationThreshold = 0.25; // In Radians. Experimentally determined. Used to figure out if user's hands are within a rotation threshold.
-				
-				if ((leftWorldControllerPos.y > (hipPosition.y - controllerHipThreshold)) &&
-					(leftWorldControllerPos.y < (hipPosition.y + controllerHipThreshold)) &&
-					(rightWorldControllerPos.y > (hipPosition.y - controllerHipThreshold)) &&
-					(rightWorldControllerPos.y < (hipPosition.y + controllerHipThreshold))) {
-					if ((leftHand.rotation.y < controllerRotationThreshold) && 
-						(leftHand.rotation.y > -controllerRotationThreshold) &&
-						(rightHand.rotation.y < controllerRotationThreshold) &&
-						(rightHand.rotation.y > -controllerRotationThreshold)) {
-							isRocketing = true;
-							MyAvatar.motorReferenceFrame = "world";
-							var moveVector = Vec3.multiply(Quat.getFront(Camera.getOrientation()), 10);
-							if (!MyAvatar.isFlying()) {
-								moveVector = Vec3.sum(moveVector, {x: 0, y: 1, z: 0});
-							}
-							MyAvatar.motorVelocity = moveVector;
-							MyAvatar.motorTimescale = 1.0;
-						} else {
-							checkCanStopRocketing();
-						}
-					} else {
-						checkCanStopRocketing();
+				if (canRocket()) {
+					isRocketing = true;
+					MyAvatar.motorReferenceFrame = "world";
+					var moveVector = Vec3.multiply(Quat.getFront(Camera.getOrientation()), 10);
+					if (!MyAvatar.isFlying()) {
+						moveVector = Vec3.sum(moveVector, {x: 0, y: 1, z: 0});
 					}
+					MyAvatar.motorVelocity = moveVector;
+					MyAvatar.motorTimescale = 1.0;
+				} else {
+					checkCanStopRocketing();
 				}
 			} else {
 				checkCanStopRocketing();
+			}
+		} else {
+			checkCanStopRocketing();
 		}
 	};
 	
@@ -59,5 +43,25 @@
 			isRocketing = false;
 		}
 	}
+	
+	function canRocket() {
+		var leftHand = Controller.getPoseValue(Controller.Standard.LeftHand);
+		var rightHand = Controller.getPoseValue(Controller.Standard.RightHand);
+		var leftWorldControllerPos = Vec3.sum(MyAvatar.position, Vec3.multiplyQbyV(MyAvatar.orientation, leftHand.translation));
+		var rightWorldControllerPos = Vec3.sum(MyAvatar.position, Vec3.multiplyQbyV(MyAvatar.orientation, rightHand.translation));
+		var hipPosition = MyAvatar.getJointPosition("Hips");
+		var controllerHipThreshold = 0.1; // In Meters. Experimentally determined. Used to figure out if user's hands are "close enough" to their hips.
+		var controllerRotationThreshold = 0.25; // In Radians. Experimentally determined. Used to figure out if user's hands are within a rotation threshold.
+				
+		return ((leftWorldControllerPos.y > (hipPosition.y - controllerHipThreshold)) &&
+				(leftWorldControllerPos.y < (hipPosition.y + controllerHipThreshold)) &&
+				(rightWorldControllerPos.y > (hipPosition.y - controllerHipThreshold)) &&
+				(rightWorldControllerPos.y < (hipPosition.y + controllerHipThreshold)) &&
+				leftHand.rotation.y < controllerRotationThreshold &&
+				leftHand.rotation.y > -controllerRotationThreshold &&
+				rightHand.rotation.y < controllerRotationThreshold &&
+				rightHand.rotation.y > -controllerRotationThreshold);
+	}
+	
 	Script.update.connect(checkRocketing);
 }());
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