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I've gotten several emails from aerospace engineers and mathematicians and rocket scientists wanting to help. Also, couple people offered some money. That doesn't include the people from these message boards.

Several people have sent excellent emails, one with this link to a $1800 rocket which can reach the stratosphere. It was developed reticently at Cambridge. http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/09/spaceflight-on-cheap.html

So besides the forums we have about 3 engineers, an aerospace engineer, electronics engineers and a maybe for an MIT Post grad working specifically on satellites. One guy who wants to do the same thing, only without a Ron Paul Satellite also gave me some tips from his research.

The rocket probably wont use Diet Coke and Mentos. lol

Everyone wants to know if this is a joke or not. Truth is, I don't know yet. It looks like we could actually pull this off. I do want to do it. It really wont be easy, but it's coming along. Magic is real folks.
 
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Rhys said:
I've gotten several emails from aerospace engineers and mathematicians and rocket scientists wanting to help. Also, couple people offered some money. That doesn't include the people from these message boards.

Several people have sent excellent emails, one with this link to a $1800 rocket which can reach the stratosphere. It was developed reticently at Cambridge.

So besides the forums we have about 3 engineers, an aerospace engineer, electronics engineers and a maybe for an MIT Post grad working specifically on satellites. One guy who wants to do the same thing, only without a Ron Paul Satellite also gave me some tips from his research.

The rocket probably wont use Diet Coke and Mentos. lol

Everyone wants to know if this is a joke or not. Truth is, I don't know yet. It looks like we could actually pull this off. I do want to do it. It really wont be easy, but it's coming along. Magic is real folks.
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Let's do it. Once we know we can get the rocket we need, we should contact the Lakota Nation and negotiate a place to launch.
It is not ideal to launch from the middle of a land mass because the rocket could land on someone's house... but we may have few options for launch sites.
 
Magic is real folks.
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I'm an unemployed fabricator and would be willing to help.
I am not certified at anything.
I have no piece of paper that says I "know" anything.

I build stuff. Anything.

I will work cheap. :D

p.s. was a rocketeer in my youth.
 
pcosmar said:
I'm an unemployed fabricator and would be willing to help.
I am not certified at anything.
I have no piece of paper that says I "know" anything.

I build stuff. Anything.

I will work cheap. :D

p.s. was a rocketeer in my youth.
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you're hired!
 
pcosmar said:
Great.
I was so discouraged when Walmart turned me down. :confused:
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You build the first ones, then we'll have them mass produced with cheap Saturnian labor and sell them at KMart. Throw in a hand held picture phone and a space telescope with the satellite and everybody gets their own satellite phone service included. Free forever.
 
Children, children.... I hate to be a party poop, but....

I am probably the biggest "space nut" on these forums but, do you REALLY think that this project is going to advance the cause of liberty?
This is quite apart from any questions of feasibility.

At best, it succeeds and 80% of the people think we are technologically savvy kooks that need to get a life.

At worst it fails and 99.9% of the people are convinced that ALL Ron Paul supporters are kooks that have no grasp on reality.

I will admit that part of this comes from my fears that you will inadvertently damage the credibility of something I take very seriously; space development in general and solar power satellites in particular.

I still remember with pain the damage Jerry Brown did to the concept with his "endorsement" of the concept during his presidential bid.

Just be aware of collateral damage, OK?
 
I belong to the NAR (nat'l assoc. of rocketry) www.nar.org. I have many friends in tripoli too. www.tripoli.org They have a huge national event http://www.ldrs27.org/ and Im sure if people are willing we could do something there. NOT orbital, but something say to 20000 to 30000 ft? paint it red, white and blue and call it FREEDOM 1.

Okay so who is in?

Im not skilled enough to do something that big, but I know plenty of people that are. The highest i have flown something is 6000 feet
 
just so everyone knows YES, LDRS IS A REAL EVENT. I HAVE BEEN THERE. Loud rockets, probably a RP crowd too given the type of people I know. We may just have to ask someone with a big project there to get a nice custom paint job. Heck, we could video the whole thing and claim it did go into orbit (even though it wont) and the sheeple would believe it
 
Some one had said it couldn't be done and he with a chuckle replied " maybe it couldn't but he would be one who wouldn't say so till he tried" So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin on his face If he worried he hid it
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done and he did it.
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spacehabitats said:
I am probably the biggest "space nut" on these forums but, do you REALLY think that this project is going to advance the cause of liberty?
This is quite apart from any questions of feasibility.

At best, it succeeds and 80% of the people think we are technologically savvy kooks that need to get a life.

At worst it fails and 99.9% of the people are convinced that ALL Ron Paul supporters are kooks that have no grasp on reality.

I will admit that part of this comes from my fears that you will inadvertently damage the credibility of something I take very seriously; space development in general and solar power satellites in particular.

I still remember with pain the damage Jerry Brown did to the concept with his "endorsement" of the concept during his presidential bid.

Just be aware of collateral damage, OK?
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it'll strike fear into the hearts of the neocons the way spudnik did. :D

anyway, I don't know what will happen... but I know what will happen if we don't make a rocket.... We wont have a rocket.

And just imagine the media's reaction if we actually do broadcast The Revolution from space, for people to hear all over the world.

I don't know if we'll be laughed at, but I already get laughed at for supporting Ron Paul, so hell with it.
 
smithtg said:
I belong to the NAR (nat'l assoc. of rocketry) www.nar.org. I have many friends in tripoli too. www.tripoli.org They have a huge national event http://www.ldrs27.org/ and Im sure if people are willing we could do something there. NOT orbital, but something say to 20000 to 30000 ft? paint it red, white and blue and call it FREEDOM 1.

Okay so who is in?

Im not skilled enough to do something that big, but I know plenty of people that are. The highest i have flown something is 6000 feet
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sounds cool, but I'd rather not do it then farm it out.

we could join them though. that sounds fun and I've always wanted to visit norther africa
 
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