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Actually The prefect or any TAP or TRA BOD member can perform both the L1 and L2 certs under Tripoli.If NAR then for your L1 cert you would need either 2 L1 flyers to sign off or 1 L2/L3 to…   Read more»

How small is the parachute, and how are you packing it? It all depends… 😯 What Brent said, L1 is fine, but the L2 is somewhat iffy. I have a Thunderbolt 38 that I’m going to fly with a J350…   Read more»

I’d suggest you get an answer on this from the prefect that will be doing the cert of your flight… but I’d keep it over 1,000 feet for the main and apogee for the drogue… no sense in opening it…   Read more»

“NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said there’s nothing the military can do to make the outcome worse. “If we miss, nothing changes. If we shoot and barely touch it, the satellite is just barely in orbit” and would still burn up…   Read more»

USA 193 Shoot Down Attempt On ThursdaySatellite attack planned for Feb. 21 – right during the lunar eclipse?, The Cosmic Mirror”A Notice to Airmen has been issued closing a zone near Maui for air traffic on the morning of Feb….   Read more»

Incidentally, the reason for the attempt is supposedly the concern over hydrazine tanks. ….I read that it was estimated to be 1000 gallons of hydrazine. Talk about a nasty rainstorm below. I’d think that if they at least burst the…   Read more»

Cosmic debris is job security for the folks at NORAD. Anti-missile defense and satelite hunting are all parts of the same madness that let Skylab fall because we weren’t ready to share information/technology. Re-entry is still guesswork for uncontrolled objects….   Read more»

Cosmic debris is job security for the folks at NORAD. Anti-missile defense and satelite hunting are all parts of the same madness that let Skylab fall because we weren’t ready to share information/technology. Re-entry is still guesswork for uncontrolled objects….   Read more»

[I hear we are going to try and shoot it down to ummm, send a message…… 8Ohope it works The Chinese shot down a satellite, and it was much higher up. It caused a great deal of angst because the…   Read more»

Right at the top of the link Joe mentions above you can find info on the errant satellite (at least it was on there earlier this week)… there is a neat chart showing the decay of the orbit, as well…   Read more»

PS they are unmanned

Ha! I’ll check it out.

Bruce, have you ever checked out the Iridium flares on that website? On some nights, you can see several of them. I saw a -8 magnitude the other night, it was clearly visible through a nearby moon and the streetlights….   Read more»

Oh, crap… I waited, but there was a cloud over my house… blast light polution and Nature’s sense of humor!… even had my 70mm binocs ready. Drat… but see, JW, manned space flight can be fun…

Right at the top of the link Joe mentions above you can find info on the errant satellite (at least it was on there earlier this week)… there is a neat chart showing the decay of the orbit, as well…   Read more»

It was cool… and supposedly we should be able to see this satellite that they’re going to shoot down next week.Warren

Yehaw but that was kool!! Really moving out there/up there. Probably the brightest pass we’ve had in quite a while.

Great design Geoff!! Hope to see more of them. The cross country father/son work makes it extra special.

Nice job Geof! Well deserved!Art

I was mighty impressed with that bird and it’s “pilot”. A very creative idea and very well done execution. Many congrats Geof.Warren

Geof,Its a little event that Dave Tjarks and myself put on. This was the 2nd annual Rocketry awards dinner. But all the votes came from those who registered and thought yours the best in that class..Congrats!!!Conway