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In the Ukraine war thread, @darrenf has been asking members who they would like to see Rachel Maddow interview. It’s not on-topic for that thread, but he is very persistent about getting an answer, so I’ve created this thread as a place to discuss it.

I was wondering if anyone has heard from member @Funkworks ? I sometimes check in on his EV-related threads, and it seems like he hasn’t posted since August 11. Does anyone know why he has been absent for that long?

It seems like most of the country right now is getting smoked out from Canadian wildfires or slow roasted from excess heat. The upper Midwest and the East has been developing a delicious smoke ring and a nice bark, while the South has been slow roasting and basting in its own juices. Hopefully...

@Dotini wants to talk about the Federal Reserve and banking failures. So here’s a thread for that.

Here’s an article about how some seismologists believe they have discovered evidence of a previously unknown new type of core at the very center of the earth. The earth has a crust and a mantle. And inside that, there is the core. And the core itself was already known to have two concentric...

According to numerous reports, Elon Musk was unhappy that one of Joe Biden’s Super Bowl tweets got more engagement than one of his own tweets, so he had the engineering team “fix” the algorithm to boost Musk‘s tweets by a factor of 1,000. Now Musk’s tweets are being promoted into the For You...

Russia says it is going to pull out of the ISS program after 2024. They say the will meet their partnership commitments through 2024 and then will focus on building their own station. The US and other partners want to keep the station running through 2030...

@Mr G and I obtained a built Polecat Thumper from @AHansom. 2 years ago, and we were finally able to fly it for our first time on March 5, 2022. What a flight! This was the biggest rocket and biggest motor I’ve ever had a direct hand in flying. There was some heart-stopping drama with the...

I’ve been rewatching a lot of Star Wars movies lately. One of the key elements to the Star Wars aesthetic is that a lot of the stuff looks really old, beat up, and weathered. Paint is often chipped, weathered, faded, worn off, or stained. Can anyone share any basic techniques for getting that...

I built a rocket out of pink XPS foam insulation board a few years ago using a very labor-intensive technique of cutting many, many foam rings of different diameters, stacking them into the rough rocket shape, sanding down the steps by hand, and hand-laying fiberglass to toughen up the skin...

The great Apollo 11 documentary film that was released in theaters earlier this year is going to be broadcast on CNN tonight. If you didn’t get a chance to see it in theaters, you should try to watch it or record it. My DVR is set! https://www.space.com/cnn-apollo-11-television-premiere.html

Do you have a checklist of items that you use when inspecting and checking in rockets for pad assignments? Does your club use a formal list or have a formal training procedure? Does anyone know if NAR or Tripoli has anything official? I notice that the thoroughness and time spent on RSO...

I have a coin collection from when I was a kid. Not a valuable or rare coin collection. This is the kind of coin collection that a paper boy makes in the 70’s. I used to sift through all my change and pull out anything interesting, like Eisenhower Dollars, Kennedy Half Dollars, Bicentenial...

I made a big rocket out of foam insulation to fly at a club launch with a G motor limit and a low 1,500-foot ceiling. I wanted the biggest rocket I could make to fly on this field. It's 7" in diameter and 49" long. So it's close to the size of an LOC Warlock (which I also own). But it only...

I’m building a rocket using pink extruded polystyrene foam insulation sheeting, and I need to cover the exterior with something. I’m considering using laminating film materials like MonoKote, but MonoKote needs a sealing temp that is too high for foam. Is anyone familiar with other materials? I...

I have an idea that by using a Jolly Logic Chute Release on a flight when the motor-eject timing can't be simmed well or the delay can't be trimmed to an optimum delay, you might be able to minimize the deployment shock, zippers, and other problems that happen when the deployment speed is too...

We're having a Death Race! The Death Race is scheduled for the LUNAR club's February 2 launch at Snow Ranch. The Death Race will be a drag race-style mass launch of rockets flying on Estes E12 and E9 motors, so it's sure to be an exciting time! These motors sometimes fail in spectacular...

I’d like to start experimenting with airstarts, and along with that, electronic deployment and dual deployment. I’m looking for recommendations for a rocket with a cluster mount, with a central motor and 2 to 4 outboards. I am an L2, so the combined total of motors can be in the L2 range, but...

I want to add a removable payload section to my existing Warlock. LOC Precision sells a very affordable one that would add 30” to the length of the rocket (or I could have it cut down to a shorter size if I wanted). I’d like to be able to fly the rocket in its normal stock configuration without...

I have a project in mind, and I’d like to use a nosecone in the shape of an Honest John missile. I’d like the cone to fit a 4” airframe and flare out to 5.5” or so. Or it could fit a 5.5” airframe and flare out to 7.5, but that getting pretty big for this project. This is not a high-performance...