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In the third picture is the Athena the one with the fins or the one with the fur?

A good point Art, and I agree that it does seem a little Howard Hughes “spruce goose” of them to be stressing the size. But I am not sure it is so far fetched for them to complete it… the…   Read more»

I think the idea of launching the rocket from the plane is fine. It is building not only the “biggest plane ever” but building it out of composites that is a hard sell for me. Look at what it has…   Read more»

I am old fashioned. it seemed pretty easy some years ago to putthe Space Shuttle ontop an airplane and fly it around.Seems it has already been ‘sorta’ done. If it was practicalI think We would already be doing it.I know…   Read more»

I think you bring valid thoughts to the table. I would think, and I may be wrong, that the Burt Rutan design team has been rather successful and, maybe I missed something, but he does not seem to have very…   Read more»

Hmmm… I don’t really understand how this is a good plan? Not to be a naysayer or anything, but I think it is kind of funny how it is going to be “the biggest airplane yet” with six, count em,…   Read more»

Actually – not an Executive meeting but a discussion of Web issues and responsibilities.

Uh oh… called to the principal’s office again.

not sure who or where to rsvp, but i’m going to be there. If it’s too late to rsvp, i’ll bring my own lunch.

I will not be around January. Inventory on the Jan 7. And I work weekends the rest of the month. Glad to be working.See You all at the Feb. launch.I will plan on towing (if mud and snow is minamal)…   Read more»

See you at the Jan Meeting!Steve

I have scads of carbon fabric – 5.7oz. I’ll give you a deal.

Personally, I like the 5.7oz 3K 2×2 twill. comes in 50″ width and is typically sold by the linear yard. Cheapest I have found is $30/yard at http://www.solarcomposites.com, but it sounds like you may want to talk to Warren Musselman…   Read more»

Thanks, Joe.

Next attempt for a launch will be on Saturday, January 7th, at the Atlas site. Meeting on the 14th – more info to be posted soon.

In Fort Collins we awoke this morning to 3″ of very light global warming blanketing the ground. Was very light but the air temperature is in the 20’s and the sun is starting to peak through.Edward

Bummer….But a wise choice.See You all next time We meet.

Today seems to be my day for apologies.First, the way I presented this whole topic – as a major crisis about to happen – was less than honest. I took this tack because I was sick to death over the…   Read more»

Greg, feel free to contact me via PM and we can start that discussion – the more the merrier. We work in a LAMP environment with the codebase composed largely of PHP, Javascript and some AJAX.

Hi:I’m a new member as of last weekend! I am willing to help out with web site maintenance as well (Systems Analyst to support the Webmaster?)It sounds like one of Warren’s frustrations has been the total workload involved to maintain…   Read more»