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For Memorial Day, the B612 Foundation took a trip to the bottom of the best preserved meteorite crater...

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Uploaded on May 29, 2012

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This my first flight with the largest motor you can legally launch in Califormia. I had to fly the...

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Uploaded on May 27, 2012

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An unusual perspective crouched below the blast shield and looking up as the 10-ft. tall rocket blasts...

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Uploaded on May 27, 2012

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On a big beautiful and loud Kosdon M2900 motor, a fast turnaround from another M launch the prior day...

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Uploaded on May 27, 2012

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This was one of the loudest launches I have ever heard a Kosdon M2900 in a thick metal AMW case. One...

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Uploaded on May 27, 2012

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I spent the night with the SpaceX team at the LA headquarters as their Dragon spacecraft became the...

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Uploaded on May 25, 2012

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I am at SpaceX mission control and plan to spend the night to see the berthing to the ISS just before...

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Uploaded on May 24, 2012

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This is the most difficult speaking event, by far, that I take on, and somehow I keep coming back. ...

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Uploaded on May 23, 2012

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Go, go, go! So far so good. The Dragon spacecraft separated and the solar arrays deployed. Liftoff...

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Uploaded on May 22, 2012

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If at first you don’t succeed, use some duct tape and a new igniter, and fly again! Wishing the same...

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Uploaded on May 21, 2012

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Not the best angle there. And here's how it happened

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Uploaded on May 21, 2012

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"Sure, give us Pad 13" I said.... Here you see the moment of the first motor CATO. Then...

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Uploaded on May 21, 2012

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Like NASCAR... same rocket, same motor, launched with all igniters wired in parallel. The K2045 is a...

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Uploaded on May 20, 2012

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The moment of takeoff... Erik took his 10-foot tall rocket for a perfect flight today on a CTI M1770 Skid. Photo sequence below.

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Uploaded on May 18, 2012

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Sampo Leaders Forum asked me to talk about persistence, agility and sustainability with a couple...

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Uploaded on May 17, 2012

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“Our brains aren’t just shaped by the past. They are constantly being shaped by our future.” 80% of...

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Uploaded on May 16, 2012

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All new, or rebuilt from from ballistic mishaps in years past, they are finally ready to fly at the big...

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Uploaded on May 15, 2012

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each year the Blue Angels buzz the high rises of San Francisco... Denis, the HDR magician in Canada,...

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Uploaded on May 14, 2012

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