Archive for the ‘Rocketry’ Category

Is Ending NASA’s Constellation Program a Bad Move?

Many former astronauts believed that Constellation was an accident waiting to happen.
Obama did the right thing by killing a poorly conceived program.

March 3, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Rocketry, Space Missions  No Comments

Build Your Own Lunar Lander Computer …

Build your own working Apollo landing computer

July 14, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Geek Stuff, Rocketry, Space Missions  No Comments

ESA’s Earth Explorer Satellite Program

ESA’s Earth Explorer Satellite Program targets the Earth for exploration …

March 17, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Rocketry, Space Missions  No Comments

While I’m waiting for the solar install …

I’ve starting work on another hobby, amateur rocketry. I have many kits around the house waiting to be built. This one is an Estes Saturn V, 30th anniversary edition. I’ve always liked the big moon rocket and building a scale model is always a challenge.  Fortunately most NASA stuff was designed to be stable, unlike [...]

December 7, 2008  Tags:   Posted in: Rocketry  No Comments

Fire in the Sky 2006

Comments on 2006 Fire in the Sky rocket launch

July 3, 2006   Posted in: Rocketry  Comments Closed