Weekend Update...

From John Bergsmith Tuesday morning...

"I drove by the field yesterday to determine if flying would be possible this coming weekend. Didnt take long to determine that it would not be. The corn has grown to a point were finding a rocket would be almost impossible. We might have a possibility of a low power launch in the future was the lower field is cleared out."

So, with that in hand, this weekend's launch is scrubbed. We do have several Cub Scouts things coming up, and I had a lovely chat with Kelly Jenkins yesterday about his first O'Burg weekend and having a really great time. That's always an option for most of you.

If anyone can find us a field PLEASE contact one of the officers and see what we might be able to arrange, even if it's not an HP field. At least that would keep us meeting on a regular basis.

dr (for jb)

The Transit of Venus

I've mentioned before a website that both Jean and I love, that is Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog at Discover Masgazine. Phil used to work on the Hubble and is one of the most requested astronmoers out there, having wirtten several books, including "Death from the Skies", hosted his own series on the Discovery channel and many, many articles on the web.

His site has a bunch of web links for Tuesday's Transit of Venus across the sun. It's located HERE.

Unless you're going to be around for the next one in like, 117 years, now's your shot!

Enjoy....

dr

Member Contact Information

A lot of members have asked for this, and now we have it!

After you log in, click on Member Info on the left side of the page. You will notice that we can now contact other members. This is a great addition that both Jean, and Doc have added to the site. We will make sure we have a process in place so this section remains updated. They are still working on it, so it's not the finished product but an outstanding start.

Thanks goes out to both Jean and Doc for working on this new section. 

May 6th launch report from Roy

Roy's report on our flight activity from the May 6th ROCC Midland, NC outing is below. Sorry for the delayed posting, I wanted to get beyond the 20th launch and then forgot to come back and post it. My apologies all... dr

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Space-X fly-by

Prior to the docking the Dragon spacecraft is making a fly-by of the ISS. You can watch the feed here:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/dragon-iss-flyby/

A new day is dawning in low earth orbit!

dr

Launch - May 19 & 20th - Flee Market

Hopefully the weather allows us two great days of launching this coming weekend! Some points:

 1. The return of the duty rosters, so please sign up. The rosters will be up at the front tables. We need more people participating in LSO/RSO, and set up and take down of the equipment. So if you can be onsite Saturday morning at 9:30am to help set up, please email me at johnbergsmith@me.com. As always, thanks to everyone that helps.

2. Don't forget to pay the daily launch fee. Everyone has been doing a great job, so lets keep it up.

3. We will make sure to have a small trash can near the pads. Please try to get all of the used igniters, and other trash, thrown away if you can.

4. Ken will not be attending this launch weekend. So it's a great time to bring out any kits, or other rocketry stuff, you want to sell. Bring it out and work some trades or sales with you rocketry friends. We can do this without having to worry about impacting Ken's sales. We all have something to sell, right?

5. Don't forget about the theme for this weekend, Der Red Max & Goblin.

6. Nascar races on Friday and Saturday night, watch out for traffic.

Stay tuned for further updates as we get closer to the weekend.

Update on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 1:20AM by John Bergsmith

Everything is a go for this weekend. Ralph will not be cooking this weekend.

Theme for 5/19 & 5/20 - Der Red Max & Goblin Gathering

All sizes, and variations accepted! 

Theme for Sunday 5/6 - BerthaPalooza

Bring your Big, small, and all sizes in between Big Bertha's. Bertha type designs such as Big Betty, Ranger, and Brighton's all accepted.

Launch - Sunday, May 6th

This weekend we are planning for the launch on Sunday, May 6th. Ken couldn't make Saturday, but will be onsite for Sunday. 

However, I need to make sure that we will have enough people to not only fly, but to help set up and take down. So if you can help, and intend to fly this Sunday, please email me at johnbergsmith@me.com.

Set up time will be 9:30, take down will around 5 to 5:30pm.

Please let me know asap.

Thanks,

John

Sapce-X static fire to be webcast live

Thanks to my wife Jean finding this one, from Boing Boing. Space-X will webcast their live firing on Monday, 4/30/12 starting at 2:30 eastern. More info is HERE

dr