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  1. Gus

    Field Guide to American Spacecraft

    Does anyone know what happened to the website Field Guide to American Spacecraft? Steve
  2. Gus

    Sold Rockets of the World, Third Edition

    Rockets Of The World, Third Edition. New! Absolutely pristine! A small number of these were found still sitting in their original shipping carton just as they came from Saturn Press. Price is $95 plus $5 shipping, media mail. If you are interested, please send me a private message.
  3. Gus

    2023 World Spacemodeling Championship will be in the U.S.

    Really thrilled to announce that the 2023 FAI World Spacemodeling Championship will be held in Austin, Texas. This is the first time in 31 years the event will be held in the U.S. WSMC 2023 Announcement
  4. Gus

    Looking for a flying Apollo Lunar Module

    Folks, A good friend is organinzing a national event next year which will include rocket flights commemorating the Apollo 11 flight. There will be a number of Apollo themed flights and the hope is to include a flying Lunar Module as well. If any of you know of someone who has built and flown...
  5. Gus

    Remembering G. Harry Stine

    Take a moment today to remember and honor G. Harry Stine who passed away 20 years ago today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXmpnknOOlc
  6. Gus

    U.S. Spacemodeling Team is off to the Ukraine.

    The U.S. Spacemodeling team is headed to the Ukraine. Competiton begins August 24th. This year, for the first time, you will be able to watch the event as it is live streamed from the field in Lviv. Here is the link to the broadcast: https://worldrocket2016.frms.ua/en/online.html]...
  7. Gus

    NAR F Giant Altitude Postal Contest

    NAR is running a postal contest that sounds like some fun. Basic idea of the contest is you design a single stage rocket at least 1500 mm (59") in length and at least 75mm in diameter (3" tube) for 3/4 of that length. Fly it on a NAR contest approved F motor with a recording altimeter...
  8. Gus

    Vodaphone Rocket Ad

    Vodaphone just released an ad about a child building his first rocket. The ad is from the Czech Republic and features a rocket building club those of us on the U.S. team compete against in FAI. Really interesting to see their build room filled with Nike Tomahawks, Bumper Wacs, and other scale...
  9. Gus

    A Visit to eRockets

    My NAR group took a field trip to the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio yesterday. As a special added bonus we were able to arrange a visit to the new headquarters of Randy Boadway's eRockets. eRockets is only 15 minutes away from the museum. Huge fun! The inventory at eRockets is just...
  10. Gus

    Kickstarter Campaign for a new book about the N-1

    Matt Johnson from SMASH and Jack Hagerty of ARA Press ("The Spaceship Handbook", "The Saucer Fleet") have teamed up with an international group of experts to produce a new book on the N-1. I saw a presentation Matt did on this at NARAM and it looks fantastic. The group has started a...
  11. Gus

    European Spacemodeling Championships

    Flyoffs for the US Spacemodeling team were held two weeks ago at NARAM 55. The team which was just picked will represent the U.S. at the World Spacemodeling Championships in August 2014 in Kapuchin Bulgaria. It is a recent tradition that the nation hosting the World Championship also hosts the...
  12. Gus

    Excelsior Rocketry is Powerless

    Sandy's edge bumped Michigan and knocked Gordy's power out. Current estimate is his power should be back up by Sunday (subject to change). Obviously his usual speedy service will be a bit delayed this week. He just wanted me to let you know.
  13. Gus

    "We Choose To Go To The Moon" - 50 years ago today

    President Kennedy's famous speech at Rice University was 50 years ago today. You can read and watch the whole speech at: https://gizmodo.com/5942573
  14. Gus

    Greatest Michael's Rocket - EVER !!!

    Found these at Michael's yesterday. $4.99 each. Foam like a pool noodle, roughly 2 feet long, hole all the way up the middle which is perfectly sized to fit a length of BT-50 (2nd pic)! Put a piece of BT-50 all the way up the middle, add a motor mount in the bottom, some kind of recovery...
  15. Gus

    New Estes E12 Motors!

    The following motor has been certified by NAR Standards & Testing for general use as a Model Rocket Motor effective September 29, 2011. ************************************* Estes: E12-0,4,6,8 24mm x 95mm 27.24 Newton-seconds Total Impulse 33.29 Newtons Peak Thrust 11.17 Newtons...
  16. Gus

    Alan Shepard Stamps

    New Forever stamps featuring Alan Shepard and the Messenger mission to Mercury. Very cool! Apparently the way this works is your local post office gets an allotment and they have them until they sell their allotment, they don't get more. From the Post Office announcement: Astronaut Alan...
  17. Gus

    Great service from eRockets.biz

    Just had great service from eRockets.biz. I needed some 1/2 width wound paper BT5-20 centering rings. Estes used to include these in kits as BT20 engine blocks, but none of my usual suppliers carried them. eRockets.biz is now carrying the entire Totally Tubular catalog of parts and they...
  18. Gus

    Aerospace Specialty Products

    I just had outstanding service again from Andy at ASP. Delivery was as fast as Semroc or Sandman and Andy always includes a little free bonus in the box. I never see anything here about ASP so I thought I'd post a note. Aerospace Specialty Products Incredible variety of products not...
  19. Gus

    Mercury Redstone Launch at NARAM 53

    The 50th anniversary of Gus Grissom's MR-4 launch will be July 21st of this year. Coincidentally, NARAM 53 starts 2 days later. With the gracious agreement of the NARAM 53 organizers there will be an informal memorial/celebration of all things Redstone on the sport range on Sunday, July...
  20. Gus

    How about a Party?

    Just want to share an idea of something we're doing here in Michigan. We decided to get a couple of our NAR groups together at a local restaurant for Yuri's Night Tuesday the 12th of April. That's the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's Vostok 1 flight and the 30th anniversary of STS-1, the...
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