Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society
I only just ran across this, but the New Mexico Museum of Space History is sponsoring a DC-X 15th Anniversary Aug 17-19.
As one of the folks who was there for the first Official Flight (or first “reflight” as it had actually cleared the ground before), I’d LOVE to be there, out of respect [...]
Here’s video of the Rocket Racing League demo flight at AirVenture 08 (the Oshkosh, WI Experimental Aviation Association annual gathering).
So here’s an interesting video of the drama of rocket launching, from the UK. Obviously we need to find a video program with an interest in sponsoring and recording the next E.R.P.S. flight. I mean, these folks get all excited about hitting 1000 meters with their big, hulking rocket! We hit 2000 meters with K.I.S.S. [...]
Attending:
Michael Wallis,
Ed Stokke,
Dan Solvin,
Julie Porter,
and
Stellan Lagerstrom.
Call to order:
VP Julie Porter called the meeting to order at 21:20
Here’s a video update on the Stanford group developing autonomous control systems for helicopters. Their craft bears a lot of similarity to the design goals of the GizmoCopter prrogram.
Here’s a link to the Gizmodo article that I pinched the video from and the actual Stanford STARMAC page.