[sudo-discuss] Sudo Space Program: Reminder - "Intro to Rocketry" tomorrow from 5:30-7PM, followed by misc rocket hacking into the night

[hol at gaskill.com]

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-engineering-fall-2003/lecture-notes/l9_acs.pdf
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