Model Forum / General / Rockets / May 2004

Ususaly I list all the entries and try to see who the top three will
be, but this time it looks like a close one.
I guess I'll have to add launch footage in order to get the best of
the best.

Ok I've just read the HPR/Tripoli report and don't follow many threads here,
.....but
I am not sure why we are so happy about the PAD ruling when it obviously
clear that we LOST the main and biggest point for getting regulatory

I found this article to be very interesting.
http://usatoday.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=USATODA
Y.com+-+SpaceShipOne+makes+third+rocket-powered+flight&expire=&urlID=10243
395&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Ftech%2Fnews%2F2004-05-13-spac

Nick Esselman's SpaceLiner 100 flies, qualifying his entry
Steve Kristal's The BerthaVostok has been added.
Let's reel 'em in folks....
Nick

11:33Am PST on my End-
They repeat it all day so check it out. What a good Rocketry Vs. the ATF
piece. They just seem to laugh at the ATF, very well done. The lady that is
the reporter asked if she "looks like a terrorist?" and lanches a Estes

Got a break in the action with my job so I'm back home with extra time
for myself and can pester folks with a few queries. :-)
 I'm about to put the finishing construction on a 2 stage minimum
diameter rocket. There's a personal project I'm pursuing and

Aloha,
I am not trying to start a flame war, or troll for posts but............
I have not seen HPR in a while. Is it still in print?
Thanks,

Everyone,
When you reply to a message (especially a long posting of the sort
that is all too common here on r.m.r), will you please do the other
participants in this September forum the courtesy of taking a few

I'm going to be on vacation in northern Georgia, July 17th through
the 22nd.  Is there any recommended sites while I'm there?  Is Huntsville
worth the trip?  Also how about going to KSC?  Any place else?
Thanks for any input!!

To all Midwest fliers:
Prefecture #31 Gary Dickinson invites all fliers and rocket watchers to
TripoliMidOhio/Goraj's launch this weekend. We will fly both Saturday and
Sunday. We have a very large potato field that will handle "M" motors

Folks:
Major flooding in South Texas.  17 inches in Hearne, tornados in
Bryan/College Station.  The dam broke and the whole area is flooded from
what I heard.  Hope everyone is alright down south.

Well I've had it so there's gonna be one hell of a sale..
The new laws, the regulations, all the hassles to fly rockets anymore, who
needs it.. well NO that's not the problem.
I can deal with all of it and it's not a problem to me..to be attacked publicly

... on NCIS on CBS tonight?  You gotta love it ...

Aloha,
Yes, Jerry got hit. Yes, some people have had a big laugh at this. Can we get
back to rocketry now?
What are people building now?

   I E-mailed Woody Miller this morning to see where the Alpha 40
project was headed these days. Woody informed me that he would
appreciate some help with the effort and that is where I am coming in.
The last I heard was that Ed Rowe had the alphas and that he was