Author: JET66

For all of you Apollo era enthusiasts Ben Feist has done a great job restoring real footage from the Apollo 17 mission. Please relax and enjoy watching it when you can:

http://apollo17.org/

Remembering the first Saturn V Launch on November 9th, 1967:

November 9th, 1967

The first Saturn V stands on the pad at the Kennedy Space Center in 1967

http://www.spaceservicesinc.com/company-heritage

 

 

Join Contest Rocketry Forum:

http://contestrockets.org/index.php

I found this site interesting and may be a good resource for others:

http://www.uh.edu/engines/epiindex.htm

http://vintageestesrockets.com/estes-museum/index.htm

19902017 EM Wloclawek Bulletin 3

http://spacemodels.pl/en/

Before YouTube and other online apps, Earl Cagle from Point 39 Productions made some of the best High Powered Rocket videos around.

Extreme Rocketry did an interview with him that I though was worth sharing:

Earl Cagle Jr Interview by Extreme Rocketry

Part 1:

https://youtu.be/KTOANOgEKGg

Part 2:

https://youtu.be/5Noo0BQxhMk

Here is one about the creator of Aerotech too:

Gary Rosenfield Interview 2000 by Extreme Rocketry

Frank Kosdon passed away several years ago.  He was a very unique person and created some amazing motors. Some reload motors are still available through Aerotech:

Frank Kosdon 2000 Interview

http://www.aerotech-rocketry.com/customersite/resource_library/instructions/KBA_Instructions/29-150-250_kba_in_k08001.pdf

http://www.airbase.ru/modelling/rockets/res/books/e_rocketry/issue02_may2000.pdf

When you start to achieve high altitudes with your rocket projects, it is always a good idea to included a dual deployment altimeter and a telemetry tracking devices from company’s like the following:

http://altusmetrum.org/talks/

Big Red Bee