Mix Master

7 responses to “Mix Master”

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   jurvetson

   Aug 10, 2011 at 12:55 am

   and at night, he becomes Don Quixote

   

   carrying his scratch-built Blinkitudinous Maximus (festooned with multicolor LED sequencers throughout) to the pad.

   I first met him five years ago, and he signed my rocketry book on p.131 where it reads:

   "Making Rocket Motors: NO!!! NEVER!!! Do not attempt to make your own rocket motors! Many people have died during attempts to make their own rocket motors."

   

   and we were both smiling when this experimental motor flew without exploding, a first for both of us… =)

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   Rocketman8911

   Aug 10, 2011 at 1:34 am

   I hope I can make BALLS 20 to help with your N2801SK flight.

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   paranoidroid

   Aug 10, 2011 at 1:58 am

   super cool. and..aaron hope you can make it to BALLS too. i might try for my L3 again. i need to burn my ex M2000 that’s been sitting in my house for 2years (gasp, been away from rocketry for a while).

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   solerena

   Aug 10, 2011 at 3:16 am

   Wonderful happy looking people! The environment does look extreme, which is probably better for rockets.

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   Dr DAD (Daniel A D’Auria MD)

   Aug 10, 2011 at 10:30 am

   Who ever thought that people who play with explosives for a pastime could seem so pleasant!!

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   posamentier

   Aug 10, 2011 at 5:17 pm

   Different take on the mix-master title – I couldn’t help recalling Alastair Reynolds’ Revelation Space books…

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   jurvetson

   Aug 16, 2011 at 7:29 pm

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketguy1317] that would be awesome…. I just love the plume of that motor

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/drdad] – some philosophical wisdom in there I think…

   And here is the fire rain after the end of Jim’s sparky M motor test at night
   

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