Politics and Current Events

Posted on June 28, 2005 | Filed Under Evangelism, Politics

I had, up to now, avoided commenting on political events. While it is something that I have strong opinions on, I just felt that somethings were better left untouched. In my post on Billy Graham, I referenced why I respected his avoidance of the subject. From an evangelistic standpoint, this still seems to me a good policy.

But forces are at work in the world that require some of us to speak out. Those with opposing views are not sitting by idly and keeping their mouths shut. Rather, they are organized and vocal. And if they get their way, they …

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Mojave Weblog

Posted on June 24, 2005 | Filed Under Rocketry

Site with some cool photos for rocket and space enthusiasts:

Alan’s Mojave Weblog

Homemade Gas

Posted on June 24, 2005 | Filed Under Energy, Science

How about making your own biodiesel fuel at home? For about 70c/gallon? Even better!

Freedom Fuel America is the place to shop for your own setup.

I’ve also found these two courses on making your own biodiesel fuel at home:

Biodiesel Made Easy

Biodiesel-Maker

Level 1 Achieved

Posted on June 22, 2005 | Filed Under Rocketry

I acheived a milestone in high power rocketry this weekend by certifying as Level 1. For non-rocket types, that means I can now fly H and I motors in my rockets. If you’ve ever flown model rockets, you are probably familiar with the small A motor. Each letter is double the impluse in Newtons of the previous letter. This makes an H equal to 128 A motors and an I equal to 256 A motors for anywhere between 160 and 640 Newtons of total impluse. Pretty cool, huh?

So here are some pictures of my rocket and flight:…

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Level 1 Attempt

Posted on June 13, 2005 | Filed Under Rocketry

Well, I had planned on attempting my Tripoli Level 1 Certification (that’s High Power Rocketry lingo for H and I motors for you non-rocket types) at the Midwest Regional Fun Fly. MRFF is usually put on as a joint effort between NIRA (Northern Illinois Rocketry Association) and WOOSH (Wisconsin Organization Of Spacemodeling Hobbyists). However, this year it looked like only NIRA would be there as they were the only one’s with it on the calendar. As such, I scrubbed my plans to make a L1 attempt. NIRA dropped their Tripoli association (I believe), and I prefer to certify with Tripoli …

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