Not your reports, but the launch reports I've read in Rockets magazine the last year or two have been terrible. Lots of different variations on "the rocket flew up into the sky" (i.e. vaulted, hurled into, ascended, etc). I suppose I could write something better. Or at least, with a little more variety
@Steve- you definitely don't want a painting tutorial from me.. usually my painting consists of
"What color would look good that I haven't used in the past 2 rockets... ok, red it is"
...lots of crappy taping, including tape getting stuck to tape, tape getting stuck to other things, dust being taped down, tape stuck to myself, etc
.. spray paint
Paint gets on the rocket with lots of drips and runs. Paint gets on my glasses.. it doesn't come off easy. I also have painted the driveway and at least two of our garbage cans by accident. We also won't speak about the incident where our blue Honda CR-V got a bunch of orange paint on the hood. I caught hell for that one.
.. pull off tape
.. runs everyhere- rocket has a strange mottled look. Also the tape pulled some of the previous paint job off, because I didn't let it dry enough.
.. no time to fix it, as the launch is tomorrow, so I'll just kind of smuggle it under my coat so no one laughs at it.
And what makes you think we wouldnt enjoy a humorous article that rivals what many of us experience? I think that a lot of what we enjoy in this hobby is just meeting people. A humorous article about problems most of us have had is an interesting way to do it.
Steve Shannon
