In this episode I introduce the hobby of model rocketry. I specifically highlight some of the advanced elements of the hobby to show how model rocketry goes from being a fun activity for kids to a serious hobby enjoyed by many adults.
Craftsmanship and scale modeling.
Experimental motors.
Safety.
A little about my personal interests in model rocketry.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of companies that manufacture and/or sell model rocket kits and suplies. I've primary listed those that I'm most familiar with. There are certainly others.
These are some of the major manufactures of high power composite motors.
These are the two United States national model rocketry associations.
Resource for competition rocketry.
Here are a number of other interesting links
In the show I said that G. Harry Stine worked at the White Sands Missile Base. The correct name for that facility is White Sands Missile Range. But, during the time that Stine worked there, it would have been called the White Sands Proving Ground. https://www.wsmr.army.mil/
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