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SORAC (2007-01-22)
The SORAC Project was initiated in 1995 as a Civil Experimental Aerospace endeavor. The first goal is to place a totally non-government funded vehicle into internationally recognized space, 62 ... [Read More]
To 100K (2009-01-03)At all times, there are a baker's dozen rocketry projects from teams and individuals on the edge between level 3 high power, and amateur rocketry. Many of them are attempting flights to near space or ... [Read More]
Two big sets of rocketry images (2009-11-29)Space Tech Photo Diary - Part 1 Space Tech Photo Diary - Part 2 How this wound up at a political blog I don't really know, but it is a great set of pictures of rockets and space gear. Do rockets ... [Read More]
Patent by R.H. Goddard (2009-12-07)I have been reading Retro Rockets recently, it is one of the new books in the recent buying frenzy over at Amazon, and one of the best chapters covers the work of Goddard. Goddard is now very famous ... [Read More]
N prize team profiles (2010-05-02)This is an update from the N prize blog. With about 500 days left, this looks like a good time to quickly describe the plans of some notable participating teams. In some cases, information is not ... [Read More]
Little Monster Update (2010-05-31)Readers may recall the following post section from below: Little Monster Rocket does not have specific plans, and has not updated this web page in over a year. The FAQ is detailed, however, and ... [Read More]
Inventing death: Interview with a (maybe) CIA weapons designer (2010-09-23)The following is a playboy article By Laurence Gonzilles. There are plenty of reasons to wonder if this information is factual, but it does contain a discussion of some relevant ballistics ... [Read More]
Rocket flight to 72,000 feet (2010-09-27)I do not have much information about this rocket, called Proteus 6.5, this was first posted at TRD. Video footage would be great, but I understand this flight did not happen too long ago. Looking at ... [Read More]
Silver Spur3 - Student Rocket (2011-04-09)"It features an all carbon fiber motor case, ablative fin leading edges, and a titanium nose cone tip. Flying on an O5000, it flew to about 50000 ft and reached a maximum speed of about Mach 3.3." ... [Read More]
The Russian ABM - Gazelle SH-08/ABM-3 (2011-05-05)"The Gazelle (SH-08/ABM-3), also known by its Russian designation, 53T6, is a short-range, high-acceleration interceptor missile designed and manufactured by the Soviet Union.(1) At present, 68 ... [Read More]
University of Brasilia's team is now in the N-prize (2011-07-10)http://hybridteam.wordpress.com/ Here are some of the projects from this "hybrid team." ____________________ "The LILE Program is the first project of Hybid Team and the aim was the launch of two ... [Read More]
Welcome to the B reactor video series (2012-03-07)Atomic Heritage has a whole bunch of videos talking about the reactor used during the Manhattan project to create plutonium from uranium. This was one of the first reactors ever built, and as such ... [Read More]
Sealab - Experimental underwater habitats (2012-03-21)"SEALAB I, II, and III were experimental underwater habitats developed by the United States Navy to prove the viability of saturation diving and humans living in isolation for extended periods of ... [Read More]
"Amateur Rocketeers Reach For The Stars" (2012-06-14)"When QUEST first started production on the television story, 'Amateur Rocketeers Reach for the Stars', I had no idea that the amateur or experimental rocketry was so popular today. Before the ... [Read More]
Kiwi - Nerva nuclear thermal rocket program (2012-08-26)"The main objective of project Rover/NERVA was to develop a flight rated engine with 75,000 pounds of thrust. The ... [Read More]
Darts and dart launch towers (2013-01-21)Launch of Suborbital Sounding Rocket Systems with instrument and experimental payloads Full Turnkey Engineering with launch ... [Read More]
Spontaneous Capillarity-Driven Droplet Ejection (2013-02-09)"The first large length-scale capillary rise experiments were conducted by R. Siegel using a drop tower at NASA LeRC shortly after the 1957 launch of Sputnik I. Siegel was curious if the wetting ... [Read More]
Star Lab - a modern NOTSnik - sub-orbital system using an F-104 (2013-06-07)"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – A NewSpace company based out of New Port Richey in Florida is working to provide suborbital access to space for firms with scientific payloads. ... [Read More]
Copenhagen Suborbital Sapphire (2013-06-26)"SAPPHIRE (modified HATV) is our experimental rocket using active guide jet vane rudders. SAPPHIRE-1 will be launched at test range ESD139 during Summer 2013. Active guidance is a necessity for ... [Read More]
Scott's Experimental Rocketry (2013-07-11)http://www.thefintels.com/ [Read More]
Shooting water droplets with powerful lasers (2014-11-20)"The energy deposition in a liquid drop on a nanosecond time scale by impact of a laser pulse can induce various reactions, such as vaporization or plasma generation. The response of the drop can be ... [Read More]
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