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I found all my old rockets (20+ years ago) from when I was younger, and
have gotten my boys into rocketry.
I was disappointed to see that not much has changed in the way of
smaller rockets (1/2A - D size engine rockets) other than scale models

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Wow - I was going through Estes' 2008 catalog and was surprised to
find that they now offer 2 rockets with video cameras: the Astrovision
and the Oracle.  Does anyone have any experience with these?  What
comments might you have?

Former astronaut Charles F. Bolden Jr. will meet with President Obama
in the Oval Office on Monday morning and likely will be nominated as
the new NASA administrator, a senior administration official told NBC
News on Thursday.

This is what got me to thinking about it:
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/05/celebrating-the-40th-anniversary-of-
apollo-11-in-style.ars
Which got me to Googling...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

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Damian -
Did you ever get my e-mail?

What's going on over at Estes?
I lost the nose cone and chute for my Eliminator due to shock cord
failure.  I visited Estes' website to see how much a replacement nose
cone would be.  Their site said, "We are currently redesigning our

Forgive my naive questions, but (geez, I feel like a newbie all over
again :) ...
I see Aerotech has a new RMS system, the 24/60 and a vendor is
offering 40% off the hardware until the end of the month ($45 instead

Greetings All,
The monthly update is now online at www.vernarockets.com
Verna & Randy