And to think I used to think my Estes model rockets were pretty neat. Great video: http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/qu8k_rocket_lauch_desert_altitude_12100... patrick
A bit higher than the rockets my friends and I used to make. ________________________________ From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 5:34 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] "Amateur" rocket And to think I used to think my Estes model rockets were pretty neat. Great video: http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/qu8k_rocket_lauch_desert_altitude_12100... patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
Loved it. Let's build one! On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/10/11, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
A bit higher than the rockets my friends and I used to make.
If Elon Musk had a sense of humor, he'd have an "Estes" logo painted on the side of the Falcon booster.
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Anyone hear of this moon mission.
http://www.space.com/6046-private-firm-reveals-ambitious-moon-mission-plan.h... On 10/10/11, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
A bit higher than the rockets my friends and I used to make.
If Elon Musk had a sense of humor, he'd have an "Estes" logo painted on the side of the Falcon booster.
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Eric, I think there was something on the news last night about a man in training to run on the moon, but I did not pay much attention to it. lh On 10/10/2011 5:22 PM, erikhansen@thebluezone.net wrote:
Anyone hear of this moon mission. http://www.space.com/6046-private-firm-reveals-ambitious-moon-mission-plan.h...
On 10/10/11, Joe Bauman<josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
A bit higher than the rockets my friends and I used to make. If Elon Musk had a sense of humor, he'd have an "Estes" logo painted on the side of the Falcon booster.
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Since it was supposed to happen in 2010, something must have gone wrong with it. ________________________________ From: "erikhansen@thebluezone.net" <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] "Amateur" rocket
Anyone hear of this moon mission.
http://www.space.com/6046-private-firm-reveals-ambitious-moon-mission-plan.h... On 10/10/11, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
A bit higher than the rockets my friends and I used to make.
If Elon Musk had a sense of humor, he'd have an "Estes" logo painted on the side of the Falcon booster.
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On 10 Oct 2011, at 18:23, Joe Bauman wrote:
Since it was supposed to happen in 2010, something must have gone wrong with it.
Registration closed last year. Those teams that had registered before then have until 2015 to get to the Moon. Details: http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/prize-details patrick
Alert- NEOs Close Approach May Bring More October Fireballs 9OCT2011 Alert- NEOs Close Approach May Bring More Fireballs 9OCT2011 NEOs (Near Earth Objects), (2011 TB4) and (2011 SE97),will pass relatively close to Earth on 10OCT2011 and 12OCT2011. There may be accompanying astrodial debris that will hit us just prior to, on, or just after their passing on the 10th and 12th. Mid-month on the 17th (2009 TM8) will pass the Earth at .9 LD; this will for sure bring us some meteor activity just prior and just after the 17th. Get out and observe and have your cameras ready for a capture of some green meteors and fireballs. -LunarMeteorite*Hunter...Tokyo http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/
Thank you, Barrett. Enjoyed the story in French, once I found the Google translation. Larry Holmes On 10/11/2011 6:43 AM, Barrett wrote:
Alert- NEOs Close Approach May Bring More October Fireballs 9OCT2011 Alert- NEOs Close Approach May Bring More Fireballs 9OCT2011 NEOs (Near Earth Objects), (2011 TB4) and (2011 SE97),will pass relatively close to Earth on 10OCT2011 and 12OCT2011. There may be accompanying astrodial debris that will hit us just prior to, on, or just after their passing on the 10th and 12th. Mid-month on the 17th (2009 TM8) will pass the Earth at .9 LD; this will for sure bring us some meteor activity just prior and just after the 17th. Get out and observe and have your cameras ready for a capture of some green meteors and fireballs.
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Its been delayed to 2016.
Since it was supposed to happen in 2010, something must have gone wrong
with it.
________________________________ From: "erikhansen@thebluezone.net" <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] "Amateur" rocket
Anyone hear of this moon mission.
http://www.space.com/6046-private-firm-reveals-ambitious-moon-mission-plan.h...
On 10/10/11, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com> wrote:
A bit higher than the rockets my friends and I used to make.
If Elon Musk had a sense of humor, he'd have an "Estes" logo painted on the side of the Falcon booster.
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Incredible video. I found my head tilting to watch through the last minutes of the on-board camera on the descent. The one thing that I noted most of all was the fragility of our atmosphere. In seconds, the rocket cleared the viable atmosphere and reached black intersteller (well inter-solar system) space. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Wiggins" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 5:34:52 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] "Amateur" rocket And to think I used to think my Estes model rockets were pretty neat. Great video: http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/qu8k_rocket_lauch_desert_altitude_12100... patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php
The launch is called Balls--if you have the Cojones to try it, you can go to it. I believe the FAA approves a 100,000 ft (AGL) altitude permit for this. Do not know if they asked for a waiver for more, but guess they did, as software simulations are available, though that extreme motor might need some tweaking for the software to work. Dan & I watched a rocket flown on the Salt Flats (though the launch "LDRS" had gained access to the Air Force portion of the flats included in their bombing range, which gave an permit for flights to 50,000 ft. That rocket, I think, had a diameter of 8" and was about 18 ft long. It was powered by 3 "M" sized motors. I can't remember the altitude, but think it did not get above 10,000 ft due to its weight & size. Patrick mentions the Estes rockets, powered by A through D black powder engines. Each engine doubles in power as you go up. I believe a standard "Q" motor was thought to be about the size of the motor in the Air Force's Sparrowhawk air-to-air missile. I am thinking this motor had to be a "souped up" version. Look at the web site for the Utah Rocket Club for further info. http://www.uroc.org/ Larry Holmes UROC member (Level 1) On 10/10/2011 5:34 AM, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
And to think I used to think my Estes model rockets were pretty neat.
Great video:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/qu8k_rocket_lauch_desert_altitude_12100...
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