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Tonight I saw a Jardiance commercial featuring a family attending a model rocket launch. The main character was directing launches of a rack of models. It was an ideal community 'rocket fair' as the banners said with a lot of people having fun flying and lowering their A1c. The rockets and...

I know that in painting a normal model rocket you don’t spray lacquer over enamel because it will burn the finish. But paint cans from most hardware/craft stores don’t always say what they are. I’m holding spray cans of Rustolium and Krylon and the words lacquer and enamel are not on the labels...

The range is set up and the field is in great shape. The crew is ready, let's launch some rockets.

The Aerotech product catalog online and even the printed version given out at NARCON is woefully obsolete by years. I'l like to shop for their motor reloads and make design decisions comparing the performance with all the actual existing selections, particularly the new ones. Is there somewhere...

Coming June 21, 22 at Manchester, Tn join the south's best regional rocketfest for our eleventh year. info at https://hararocketry.org/hara/southern-thunder-2014/ you can now register online at https://hararocketry.org/hara/southern-thunder-2014/catalogue/

I just finished building the New Way Mark 4. This is one of those square box body kits. The instructions call for installing the included washer noseweight, but I don't think it should have a stability problem with swept fins and an already heavy solid balsa nosecone. Has anyone flown this...

For all of you who have worked with student rocket teams you know the important role you serve. But there are always certain moments that you're really glad you're there that are made for sharing. Here are some ways to explain that special mentor responsibilty: A mentor is the guy who tells...

January of 1958 was a frantic time for the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency. The Soviets had launched Sputnik in October and the Navy Vanguard rockets crafted to catch up with them weren't working. Since NASA didn't exist yet, the Army at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama was suddenly...

At large launches with 20-30 or more pads possibly loaded up at a time, what is the best way for the LCO to manage all the flight cards to call out the rocket info as it is launched? I know 'a big clipboard' of some kind will help, but what are established ways your club does this to keep all...

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Wernher von Braun, the Marshall Space Flight Center's first director, a father of modern rocketry and one of the earliest champions of human space exploration. Born in Wirsitz, Germany, on March 23, 1912, von Braun became a space buff in...

To promote a new TV movie coming out about a special group of students that go to space camp, here is a contest to win a family weekend getaway: https://www.hallmark.com/online/hall-of-fame/?mailID=T_E_M_011612_HOF_VA_TopBanner The ABC movie, "A Smile as big as the Moon" shows Sunday, Jan...

We're all nerd enough, but for those of you young enough, consider this solicitation: My name is Lindsay Spaulding and I am currently casting King of the Nerds, a new show celebrating geeks and nerds of all kinds. The show is Competition based, designed to showcase the passions and...

Southern Thunder 2011 is June 17-19 at Mid-Tenn Turf in Manchester TN. This launch has been recognized as one of the top 10 regional launches in the USA; you do NOT want to miss it! Here's what you'll get at Southern Thunder 2011: - A HUGE launch field - Support for 1/4A - M impulse (L & M...

What are some scifi movies or tv shows that depicted Earth in the future but without space travel? Nevermind films with the apocalyptic scenarios like "mad max" but have rather a static post modern 'brave new world' society?

It's been a month since the Ares X launch, the first new NASA rocket in 28 years. From this does anyone see an increase in interest in space exploration or sport rocketry in particular by the public? Do you think we will?

For boosters that are about the same length as a foam parasite glider, I understand that it's more stable to have a balanced number of gliders symetrical around the core as in the old 'Space Twins' plans. But for a single parasite glider like the Orbital Transport, how long does the core need be...

The Student Launch Initiative flights were completed this weekend with great success. The SLI and USLI are NASA programs using sport rocketry and supported by NAR mentors. The launch itself is hosted by the Huntsville Area Rocketry Association, NAR section 403. Over four hundred people from...

Off-road racing is just so… terrestrial. Off-world racing is the name of the game at NASA's 16th annual Great Moonbuggy Race, where more than 80 student teams from around the globe will gather in Huntsville, Ala. April 3, to propel wheeled lunar rovers of their own design across a simulated...

HARA has constructed a page on our website to list all of the schools participating in SLI and USLI: https://hararocketry.org/HARA/SLI.html The list has links to the school sites where you can review the team missions. Some of them are very impressive. They just finished their CDR's and...