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I plan on being out to the North site for MHM setup on THursday 5/1 somewhere between noon and 3 to start range setup.Warren

Thanks Ken,I’ll tow it back to Longmont after so that we’ll be ready for the cleanup day in a couple of weeks.Ed

I’ll tow the trailor for the April launch.Ken.

I got it Mike. Many thanks and sorry I missed replying.I’ll get the updated schedule posted this evening.Much appreciated!

Hey Ed I sent you an email a few days ago with my bids for MHM. Let me know you got it.Also pretty much any weekend with an EX launch you can count me in for towing the trailer back…   Read more»

How could I miss a cleanup party? I’ll have to wait and see, but I can RSO sometime Saturday MHM.

I unfortunately can’t make the cleaning party on the 19th. Count me in though for setup and tear down for Mayhem, I will be there rain or shine. I will get back to you on RSO, LCO Pad manager duties…   Read more»

“WMusselman” Please let Me know what time thursdayYou want Me out at the North Site.I may show up early anyway to walk the site.

We are going to Arizona next week so time is tight. May not be back in time. But I could tow in June.Scott e

Ed,Once again, I call dibs on Saturday morning LCO slot from 8AM to noon for MHM. I will also tow the trailer out to the launch site for MHM and take care of range setup on Thursday afternoon. I will…   Read more»

Did they spell Berferd right?

Decent article – pretty slick magazine. Mark Mayfield and company are now also the publishing house for Ad Astra, the National Space Society magazine.

Thanks for the offer Warren but I finally got a hold of Launch Magazine today and they are sending a few copies my way. I didn’t know this but they are based in the Empire State building, cool huh!Good Magazine…   Read more»

I have the issue Art and you’re welcome to it.W

I have sketches for a design for retractable rail buttons that would pull back into the airframe as soon as the button leaves the rail. Unfortunately, the spring tension in the current would be compressing the rail between the button…   Read more»

All of these Coefficients of friction are dry interfaces on aluminum.Aluminum – Static 1.05-1.35, Sliding 1.4Steel – Static .67 Slidng .47Carbon fiber epoxy – Sliding .23 to .68 (gets worse over time)Self-lubricating Plastic on T-Slot – Static .1.8-2.2 Sliding .16Self-lubricating…   Read more»

I know I have had to grab some pretty nasty rails duringa three day launch. One of My rockets still have my printsall over it.This has happened to me also, please remember whatever lubricate you choose it only works on…   Read more»

Warren,I’ve been in disk and tape drives for about 18 years now. Zero gee should have zero effect on any of these storage devices. As Mike stated, you do need air, though. The head media spacing is a balance between…   Read more»

This was some random comment I read on the ARocket list where it was reported that several drives all failed in quick succession. There was discussion of the impact of zero-g on the bearings and/or lubricant.W

This is completely off topic, but given the industry you work in Mike, I wonder if you could comment on this.A while back, it was reported that ALL the hard disk drives in the ISS essentially seized up within hours…   Read more»