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We are joined by Steve Thatcher of SMT Designs. Steve offers a great group of time saving products for rocketeers, and his electronics sleds, which offers quite a bit of configuration flexibility!
One of Steve Thatcher’s AV bay designs.
Enjoy!
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This is a special episode made for #ThankYouPatrons day, where all of us using Patreon thank YOU, our supporters. I this special episode, we talk about what your support has meant for our show!
Hint: A LOT!
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Welcome to season 5 of the rocketry show!
Joe Barnard’s Halloween Costume…
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We are happy to re-cast a wonderful conversation we had with former NASA Astronaut, Col. Rick Searfoss back in 2016. He joined us to talk about rockets, The Space Shuttle, and being an astronaut!
Col. Rick Searfoss
From his NASA Bio:
PERSONAL DATA: Born June 5, 1956, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, but considers Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to be his hometown. Married; three children. He enjoys running, soccer, radio-controlled model aircraft, Scouting, backpacking, and classical music.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Portsmouth Senior High School, Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1974; received a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the USAF Academy in 1978, and a master of science degree in aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology on a National Science Foundation Fellowship in 1979. USAF Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War College. Continue reading
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We wrap up season 4 with two field reports for you.
We start with our friend Jesse Ulibarri, who got some neat audio from NARAM 60, as well as his “man on the scene” review. We thank him for that effort!
Gheem recorded his trip to the former “Bob Evans Farm” in southern Ohio, where he witnessed the Level 1 certification of our listener “Captain Kirk” as well as Gheem’s former student who went for his Level 2 certification.
Enjoy!
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Special report podcast from the rocketry show. ISS crew safe after in-flight abort during liftoff.
Emergency recovery. Photo: TASS
Crew is safe on the ground. Photo: Roscosmos
NASA Photo of Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA, right. embrace their families at Krayniy Airport, Thursday,
Photo: Bill Ingalls, NASA
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The rocketry show team re-group after a busy production schedule producing the last few episodes, and we go for a laid back workshop talk episode. We talk about our projects, and look over your comments from the last few weeks.
We also talk about our new e-mail list group you can join to get information on the show from us, chat with us and other listeners, and share rocket war stories.
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We’re joined by Steve Skinner of Mach 1 Rocketry and Ronald Dunn of Birmingham Rocket Boys to talk about Mach 1 and their new line of fiberglass rockets, as well as the Bama Blastoff event happening at the Dee River Ranch in west of Aliceville, Alabama.
The event boasts a 16,800 foot standing waiver and 12,000 acres of mostly open recovery area.
Want to learn more about this and BT tube sized fiberglass rockets? You’ve come to the right episode!
Note: If you are a patron of the show, you get about a half hour of additional content on this episode…
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Welcome to part two of our NSL 2018 episode!
Gheem and his composite B motor from Quest.
Gheem will take you on a journey through NSL 2018 using the magic of “soundscaping”. We worked hard to try to paint the images and experiences of NSL 2018 through the magic of sound. Theatre of the mind, if you will! Continue reading
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We start with some exciting hot off the presses news from the hobby rocketry scene, then we dive into part one of the NSL 2018 coverage.
We talk to Gregory Young and MaryBeth Clune of the MARS rocket club. MARS was the hosting club for NSL in Geneseo, NY, and what it took to pull off such an amazing event is a story in itself!
Vern estes. Photo: C. Gould
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