Hi folks, Just a friendly reminder that we are meeting tomorrow evening to review basic rocketry principles, schedule a launch in the near future and immediate vicinity, and finally get down to some rocket fabrication. Here is some information to help ignite your boosters: Model Rocketry______________________________________________________________________________ Good synopsis of model rocketry basics http://aeroconsystems.com/tips/Basic_rocketry_HARA_2003-10-01.pdf Solid rocket motor basics http://www.jacobsrocketry.com/rocketry_overview.htm Good paper on aerodynamic drag with respect to model rockets http://sargrocket.org/Documents/Estes/TR-11.pdf Commercially available engine stats http://www.spaar.org/Downloads/Library/EstesEngineSpecs.pdf VIDEO OF CURRENT AMATEUR ROCKETRY ALTITUDE RECORD FLIGHT!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDqoxMUroA Space Launch_______________________________________________________________________________ Wikipedia article on liquid-propellant rockets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-propellant_rocket Wikipedia article on orbital mechanics - very good read for an introduction! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_mechanics Attitude Sensing and Control http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-851-satellite-en… Aerocapture for orbital insertion http://123seminarsonly.com/Seminar-Reports/033/Aerocapture-reports.pdf Brief overview of NASA's robotic refueling mission, recently had first success http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/RRM.html have a nominal day, hol