<p dir="ltr">Is there meeting tonight at Space Building ?<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Dongyun Shin</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 15, 2014 1:13 AM, "Thomas Weeks" <<a href="mailto:tweeksjunk2@theweeks.org">tweeksjunk2@theweeks.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Anyone have any questions about the launch?<br>
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Feel free to forward this on to select friends and family. Just not large VT<br>
mail lists, entire schools, etc. :)<br>
<br>
Tweeks<br>
<br>
On Thursday 11 September 2014 00:04:48 Thomas Weeks wrote:<br>
> Hello all!<br>
><br>
> There is a lot of information to share so we'll try to be brief. If you<br>
> still have questions, please ask here on the NRVR mail list or email us<br>
> back: officers at <a href="http://nrvr.org" target="_blank">nrvr.org</a><br>
><br>
> Come Meet Our Special Guest!<br>
> We are honored to have a true, American hero, Homer Hickam, author of<br>
> "Rocket Boys" (which was made into the movie, "October Sky") right here at<br>
> our September 27th launch at Kentland farms! The full launch is from 10am<br>
> - 6pm, and Homer will be with us from 11am - 1pm.<br>
> Map: <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/KPH8D" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/maps/KPH8D</a><br>
> Info & Calendar:<br>
><br>
> If you would like to meet Homer, get a photo and have him to sign your<br>
> rocket, book, DVD, or child, then bring them to the launch! You have just<br>
> over two weeks until the launch, so if you are looking for a rocket to buy<br>
> and build for the September launch, please visit our local hobby store<br>
> Adventure Hobbies in CBurg and grab a model rocket while you still can.<br>
> We will also have a very limited number of new October Sky books and DVDs<br>
> for sale and signing. If you have kids who have not yet seen the inspiring<br>
> October Sky movie, then please try to show them the movie before coming<br>
> out so they'll always have this memory to cherish. :)<br>
><br>
><br>
> HP Rocket Motors:<br>
> Ken Allen from <a href="http://www.performancehobbies.com" target="_blank">www.performancehobbies.com</a> will be at the September launch,<br>
> so be sure to pre-order your HP motors now to make sure you get what you<br>
> need and save money on the hazmat motor shipping fees. If you need motors<br>
> in advance we can still save on hazmat if we get at least $400 of motors<br>
> ordered by 9/15 and arriving by 9/19 (Still confirming this with Ken). We<br>
> have also invited Adventure Hobbies to come out and set up so that guests<br>
> can buy model rockets and motors too.<br>
><br>
> This is a fantastic opportunity to come see what model and advanced high<br>
> power rocketry is all about. VT Rocketry, AIAA and SEDS student<br>
> organizations will also be there and can tell you more about their<br>
> Aerospace related<br>
> organizations at Virginia Tech and along with Homer tell you how to get<br>
> into Aerospace careers at places like SpaceX and NASA!<br>
><br>
> There will be a food vendor on site (Eat the family dog) serving high<br>
> quality, all beef dogs, snacks and drinks, and we will have port-a-potties<br>
> on site too.<br>
><br>
> *IMPORTANT!*<br>
> This launch needs to be treated as a private, by invitation only event. We<br>
> do not want to cause any concerns for our land owner, VT Agriculture. The<br>
> launch and parking sites are on state property and there are additional<br>
> costs for insurance and several other administrative things to deal with.<br>
><br>
> *Please do not:*<br>
> - broadcast this event to your entire church group, school or post it in<br>
> the newspaper. Doing so could quite possibly cause us to lose this<br>
> beautiful launch site.<br>
> - park anywhere but where directed by our parking / traffic control<br>
> volunteers<br>
><br>
> *Please do:*<br>
> - tell a few kids, friends, or parents who you feel would be very<br>
> interested in the event (directing them to <a href="http://www.nrvr.org" target="_blank">www.nrvr.org</a> for more info)<br>
> - carpool or combine transportation, since our parking is very limited.<br>
><br>
><br>
> NRVR Members:<br>
> We will be looking for volunteers to help with setup on Friday (the day<br>
> before), and on Saturday, the day of the launch, to help fill in on RSO/LCO<br>
> range safety and launch duties. We will also be having a few area schools<br>
> bring kids out and so we will really need help streamlining the loading of<br>
> rocket motors, packing of parachutes and fill out flight cards with the<br>
> kiddos. We also want all NRVR club members to have a chance to meet Homer<br>
> Hickam and to fly their own rockets, so let's all help pitch in on this<br>
> one! :)<br>
><br>
><br>
> Big Thanks!<br>
> We are extremely grateful for the generous sponsorship of Rackspace and<br>
> VBI (Virginia Tech Bioinformatics) for their sponsorship and caring<br>
> volunteers for this event as well as the VTARA HAM community and other<br>
> volunteers who are helping make this event possible. Most of all we are<br>
> especially appreciative to Mr. Homer Hickam for taking time from his busy<br>
> schedule to come meet us here in his old alma mater stomping grounds -- a<br>
> modern American hero to whom our kids can truly look to for inspiration.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Continue monitoring this mail list for related questions, launch related<br>
> updates.. or if not on the list, watch the NRVR list archives here:<br>
> <a href="http://nrvr.org/pipermail/nrvr/2014-September/" target="_blank">http://nrvr.org/pipermail/nrvr/2014-September/</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> This will be a very exciting day, we hope to see you there!<br>
><br>
><br>
> The NRV Rocketry Officers<br>
> Bob Schoner - NRVR Prefect<br>
> Thomas "Tweeks" Weeks - NRVR Founder/Secretary<br>
> Kevin Shinpaugh - VT Aerospace Representative<br>
><br>
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