DTH Rocket Blog Posts
Success! (Sorta) (2008-08-02)The good news is that the rocket (I always forget to name them) didn't shred in flight! The bad news is that it wasn't recovered successfully. I think that the ejection charge severed the shock cord ... [Read More]
No Video (2008-08-11)My video editing software is acting up. I'm sorry, but I won't be able to be posting videos for the foreseeable future, until I can get it working again, or until I get new editing software. [Read More]
Amazing Onboard Video (2008-10-17)I was searching through YouTube for some videos of high-power rocketry and I found some of the coolest onboard video I've ever seen on a rocket. There's nothing to say about it that accurately ... [Read More]
50 Things I Do When I'm Bored (2009-10-09)Try to design a rocket on RockSim to break 100,000 ft using K motors Make up polynomials and then factor them Eat a bowl of cereal Try to find shortcuts to evaluate the nth ... [Read More]
Just Passed 50,000 Hits on YouTube (2010-08-10)I think I've been doing pretty well on YouTube. My 27 uploaded videos have been viewed cumulatively over 50,000 times now, and I have attracted 34 subscribers. My highest viewed video has over ... [Read More]
Rocket Science 101 (2011-09-12)I'm going to start a video series on YouTube on basic rocket science. Nothing too complex or too basic; I will be starting with concepts like Newton's laws and gradually get more complicated to ... [Read More]
100 Subscribers! (2011-09-21)My YouTube channel has just crossed 100 subscribers. I post all kinds of videos from rockets to programming. Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/user/DTHRocket [Read More]
University Student Launch Initiative -- We Made It Again! (2011-10-19)Our proposal was accepted, so Iowa State is now one of 42 universities competing in USLI. The University Student Launch Initiative (USLI) is a NASA competition for universities across the country to ... [Read More]
A Tribute To Neil Armstrong 1930-2012 (2012-08-27)The following video was put together for the first general meeting of the Iowa State Space Society to honor one of our favorite space heroes. Hope you enjoy. Neil Armstrong, NASA engineer, test ... [Read More]
Friendly Reminder to DO HARD THINGS (2013-02-18)While my life in general seems to exude the notion that it isn't going to waste, and while picking a tough major and moving halfway across the country for a tough internship can be considered "doing ... [Read More]
Blog Reboot, Big Fun Scary Adventures (2017-01-13)In an effort to revamp my web presence, I made a commitment to return to blogging, which in all honesty is more for my own benefit than for any readers that I still may have out there, because I ... [Read More]
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