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Copy that, thanks for the tip Adrian.

Personally, I don’t see much point in trying to make a stability rule of thumb in terms of calibers. It’s too conservative for fat rockets and too aggressive for long, skinny rockets. If your stability margin is 10% of the…   Read more»

Hey guys,After i have the nose cone interior about finished, I realized i never put all the specs. into Open Rocket. So… after getting all the info into the computer, I’m only getting about .47 calibers of stability, if I…   Read more»

Hey,I’m got my mount for the DC-30 finished. There is a tapped hole that uses the orginal mounting screw for the tracker, that will hold it in, then a plate gets bolted on top of that. Gizmo nose cone, looking…   Read more»

Well John, I knew I wrote it when the website first went active, but apparently it had been disabled and I had to re-enable it after I couldn’t find it. Available in the Articles box on the right of the…   Read more»

PS: Didn’t mean to single you out here Batman…No worries Warren, I actually thought about editing out the political parts, but then I thought that that would actually be imposing my own views as far as what I felt should…   Read more»

I really don’t think any apology is necessary and I don’t think Bret stepped over any line. He predicated the post with an ample disclaimer.Warren, if everything here has to be 100% rocket related, then you need to delete your…   Read more»

PS: Didn’t mean to single you out here Batman…No worries Warren, I actually thought about editing out the political parts, but then I thought that that would actually be imposing my own views as far as what I felt should…   Read more»

No worries Bruce, you didn’t make the posting.

Warren, you are ABSOLUTELY right, and it was my bad, not Bret’s. He was just passing on info, not opinion, as I was. I do apologize. Kinda crossed the line there, guys… sorry.

While I can’t say I disagree with the contention that it was a missile, I have to say that this is a political posting in its tone and therefore completely inappropriate for this website, not to mention our TOS that…   Read more»

Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred…   Read more»

Astonishing read and probably right on. I’m reminded of the “Men in Black” – There’s always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable…   Read more»

This was sent to me by my Grandmother who stills stays in touch wth alot of her retired military friends. You guys may already have seen it, but I thought it was interesting. This is NOT intended to spark a…   Read more»

Good point, Doug, and if Discovery takes more lives… will we be surprised? C’mon, replace the blasted fuel tank! Cracks under the shuttle’s stress? This is not the way to go out… not by the country who went to the…   Read more»

Off this topic but I guess she’s getting old…http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40198732/ns/technology_and_science-space/“NASA finds 4th crack on space shuttle fuel tank”

Yes, we do…

8)I think you guys need a launch real soon!

I agree with Joe, however. I would like to point out that Wiley Coyote is still looking to get the Road Runner and it is entirely possible that the contrail was yet another failed attempt with the larger class ACME…   Read more»

I guess they gave up trying to find intelligent life on this planet. 8)