All Rocketry Blogs

Rich's Rockets: Important USG observation (2016-12-23)

Important observation from The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up The Marvel Universe: [Read More]

Wayne Hill's Blog: A Rocketry Sunday Comic (2017-06-04)

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Rich's Rockets: Space Flight Setback: SpaceX Has Lost A Falcon 9 Rocket After It Landed In A Mean Old Neighbor’s Backyard (2017-12-20)

Space Flight Setback: SpaceX Has Lost A Falcon 9 Rocket After It Landed In A Mean Old Neighbor’s Backyard https://t.co/YJc5lEVjLP — ClickHole (@ClickHole) December 20, 2017 [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Appropriate Red & Rover Strip (2018-02-07)

On YORF, Bernard Cawley found this comic strip: Boy, that about sizes up how we felt launching BT-20 and BT-50 models in 1969! Caught up in the excitement of the Space Race - We thought (in a small ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: New Estes "Out Of Site" Rocket (2018-09-09)

I think they mean "Out Of Sight" flights. It's not "So Much Fun" when a rocket leaves the launch site. This new two-stager is on the Estes New Products page. [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Holy Rocket, Batman! (2018-10-16)

Stan Huls posted on the NAR Facebook page: "So, I was sanding out some imperfections on my Nike X when I may have received some sort of Divine message. As I worked on the area just below the nose ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: You're a Model What? (2018-12-08)

I did a search for the Estes Nose Cone Reference to find some lengths of the BNC-50Y and BNC-20B. Of course, a link to the Estes website came up: Enlarge to read -  I guess a "Model" ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: I'm a Rockateer - I mean Rocketeer! (2019-01-07)

Boy, does Estes need a proof reader. We all make spelling mistakes! Seen on the Estes website home page January 6, 2019. [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: So It Is "Rocketeer" (2019-01-09)

Do you think Estes reads this blog? Correction made! [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Model Rockets? . . . I Don't think So - (2019-01-24)

These were listed on Ebay as: "Pair of Vintage Model Rocket yellow plastic bodies w/ multi color tassels USA" I don't think so! These are bicycle handle bar grips.  Sure they might have ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: The Winter Blues (2019-03-01)

I'm suffering from a really bad case. As far as model rocketry goes, I'm strictly a fair-weather flier.  That wasn't the case back in my old fleet days.  Back then I didn't mind heading ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Back In The Day, Part 16 - More Cartoons (2019-03-04)

Back in my 'old fleet days' (1973-1984), I was on-and-off editor of the ROMAR club news letter, as well as a frequent contributor of material to the same.  That included ... [Read More]

Blast From The Past: Back In The Day, Part 17 - More Cartoons By ME! (2019-03-25)

In thumbing through some more issues of ROMAR's Cosmic Steppingstone news- letter, I ran across some more sketches which I rendered.  These are all attached to information/invitation & ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Old Rocketeer Rant - Part 1 (2019-09-23)

  Heck, when I was a boy -  Did you have LASER CUT parts? What's that? We had to cut out and trace a pattern, then cut out fins with a dull X-Acto blade. ENGINE HOOKS? We friction ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Old Rocketeer Rant - Part 2 (2019-09-24)

"Listen up kid - you might learn somethin' . . ." RIP-STOP NYLON? Why, back in my day we made chutes from garbage bags. "Para-Wad" . . . yeah, that's what we called 'em. EJECTION BAFFLES? Think ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Quote Of The Day! (2019-12-09)

From Facebook - Eric Specht ‎   National Association of Rocketry "Am I the only one who thinks it's funny that modelers spend tons of cash upscaling Estes ... [Read More]

Model Rocket Building: Who Is Hoarding Toilet Paper? (2020-03-16)

If you run out -  Once in an emergency I used this treated toilet paper for it's original intended purpose. If you use recovery wadding for toilet paper you won't get super powers - but for ... [Read More]

Improbable Ventures: Top 8 reasons that rocketry is just like Pokemon (2020-08-05)

I grew up playing the original Pokemon games on Game Boy Color (Pokemon Red, specifically). The animated show was also popular at that time, and I’d watch an episode or two every morning ... [Read More]

Improbable Ventures: Top 8 reasons that rocketry is just like Pokemon (2020-08-05)

I grew up playing the original Pokemon games on Game Boy Color (Pokemon Red, specifically). The animated show was also popular at that time, and I’d watch an episode or two every morning ... [Read More]