Question:
While digging through a bunch of my old stuff in the garage, I found my old
hardhat.
If I wear it to a launch, can I now be excused from all the work, mug it up for
the camera, and get other people to pay for my rocketry?
Answer:
Well it has to be a YELLOW hard hat. And don't forget to dig your "bunker"
5 feet beyond the length of your launch leads. You can skip the part about
starting a brush fire,
I show my ignorance, but I know you are refering to the
footage of Steve Bennet (sp?) testing his recovery system to be used in
preparation for the "X-PRIZE".
What made Bennets' rocket different from any TRA members level 1
attempt rocket?
If its not any more advanced than any one of the hundreds (or
thousands?) of TRA members rockets and if Bennet is one of the leaders
in the race for the "X-prize", then aren't most TRA members just as
close at winning the "X-prize" as Bennet?
When I watched that program I was wondering what made that launch any
different from the dozens of HP launches I have already attended? There
was never any bunkers dug or hard hats worn. I know safety is some thing
that should not be taken lightly, but this seemed this alittle
overboard. After his successful flight and Bennet collasped on the
ground in exhuberation, I said to myself (like we say at all of our
launches) "welcome to high power".
what you were watching was a huckster. All he has ever tested were
rockets using standard hpr reloadable engines. The only difference is most
of us haven't solicited thousands of dollars from 'sponsors' to back our
hpr efforts...as far as an X-prize....I guess he will guide his space ship
with that cheesy game joystick he was using in his 'mock-up'...
With his success rate - I would want more than a hard hat at one of his
launches. I would want to be in a proper bunker.
