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My boss, Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys/October Sky and many
other books, has agreed to attend the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in
Washington, DC this weekend, June 28-29.  For those rocketeers nearby,
come out to meet him!

Has anyone used thermo-setting plastic putty (Fimo, Sculpy, etc.) for
making rocket parts?  Was thinking this would be a great way to make parts
and pieces to "spice up" and otherwise bland design (cockpits, cowlings,
nacelles, etc).

WHAT'S NEW AT THE SPACEARIUM (http://www.spacearium.com)!
What's new for June, 2008
The Spacearium this month has stories and multimedia coverage of:
- Space shuttle mission STS-124 delivers the Japanese Kibo Pressurized

Found a drawing of what is supposed to be the "Aurora", the top-secret
high-mach stealth fighter.  This was inspiration for my own design.  See
the binaries group for pictures.  I think I did too good of a job with the
stealth part - it turned out it is very hard to photograph!  ...

Just out of curiosity, what would the letter rating of a Space Shuttle
Solid Rocket Booster motor be?

Time-Warner corporate is dropping usenet news as of June 23, 2008.
Please help by asking them to keep it.  The person to call works for the TW president:
Barbara Burroughs
phone 203-351-2281

"Most model rockets are in three different skill levels from 1
to 3 which range from beginner, intermediate to advanced based
on the builder's skill and the complexity of the rocket design.
These rockets require both time and patience as the level of

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R121: NAR S&T NEW MOTOR CERTIFICATIONS
The following motor has been certified by NAR Standards & Testing for
general use as a High Power Rocket Motor effective May 30, 2008

OK, among all of the filth posted here I thought I just might find someone
who still cared about rockets. I had a CATO today. An e9-4 blew a modified
Big Daddy to pieces. Code on the motor was 03 30 01 A