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Michael Wallis | 5 Sep 2006 21:35

Unable to attend mtg

Hi ...

It turns out the "child birthing" classes we start today run from 6:30
to 9:30, not 6:30 to 7:30 like I seemed to think. We have these every
Tuesday for the next 6 or 7 weeks except Sep 19th. Since we haven't
had a meeting since early Aug I was reluctant to move the Sep meeting
to the 19th. If people are willing, we could move it to next Monday.
Otherwise I'll be unavailable until December (I'll likely have a
newborn around the time of the Nov meeting so it's unlikely I'll be
awake enough to make it).

    Michael

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GDNordley | 30 Aug 2006 17:55
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Re: Next Meeting ...

Gentlefolk,

We probably won't be back from Oregon in time for the meeting.
My best to everyone.  

I got to mention ERPS on a couple of space panels at WorldCon, but nobody 
came up afterward to ask "how do I join."

A party room at SiliCon 6-8 Oct might be a recruitment possibility.  Talk was 
that while the panels aren't well attended, the parties are.  Sadly, we'll be 
on our way to Antarctica when SiliCon happens this year.  But I should be in 
town for a meeting on 3 October.

--Best, Gerald
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Michael Wallis | 30 Aug 2006 06:14

Next Meeting ...

The next meeting of the Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society will be
held this TUESDAY evening at the Shop (Unit 23) starting at 8:00pm.

Items for meeting #314 (05 Sep 2006):

    - Executive Reports
        - President
	- VP Development
	- Treasurer
	- Secretary
    - Project Status
        - Peroxide production
	- KISS followon?
	- Spike

The address is:

	The Shop (Unit 23)
	473 Sapena Court, Suite 23
        Santa Clara CA 95054

Take Hwy 101 to the Trimble Road Exit, go north on Trimble to De La
Cruz Blvd. Turn LEFT onto De La Cruz and go to next light, which is
Laurelwood Rd. Turn LEFT onto Lauralwood Rd and go one block to Belick
St. Turn LEFT onto Belick and go one block to Sapena Court. Turn RIGHT
onto Sapena and go to the first entrance on the right. Turn RIGHT into
the complex and then LEFT. Unit 23 is most of the way down.

    Michael
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Alex Fraser | 15 Aug 2006 22:05
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[Fwd: The fate of a recent Dnepr rocket launch.]

Scarfed the forward message from a local Ham list.

Also an article 2nd page Washington Post claims NASA has lost the the original tape of the first moon landing including Armstrong's "one step" remark.  Well to be fair NASA said it wasn't lost it's just that they can't find it. There are lower res copies made by actually video taping a monitor showing the original footage as the format NASA used wasn't compatible with regular TV standards.  They're working on finding the data. Maybe we'll have to go back for a retake.

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Alex Fraser | 3 Aug 2006 05:18
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Hesbola rockets

I'm curious what kind of rockets are being used by Hesbola, anybody have any info?
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cpwinter | 3 Aug 2006 01:58
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Minutes of ERPS #313

Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #313
01 August 2006

The Vice President called the meeting to order at 8:20 PM. Members present
by COB were Gerry Nordley, Julie Porter, Dan Solvin, Michael Wallis, David
Weinshenker and Chris Winter.

Reports and discussion on agenda items were as follows:

DOCUMENTATION
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Chris Winter

	Nothing to report

INFOTECH
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Sean Lynch

	Nothing to report

LIAISONS
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Michael Wallis

	Gerry advised that there is still time to get involved with Silicon 2006,
to be held October 6-8 at the Doubletree Inn, close to San Jose airport.
(Full membership $35 until August 3 - see
http://www.siliconventions.org/)

	Michael led a brief discussion regarding outreach to local universities.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Michael Wallis

	Nothing to report

TREASURER
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open

	Nothing to report

CHIEF SCIENTIST
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Kevin Bollinger

	Nothing to report

FLIGHT CONTROLS
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Sean Nichols

	Nothing to report

PROPELLANTS/SPARGER/FF
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Dan Solvin

	Nothing to report

REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
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Dave Weinshenker

	Nothing to report

SAFETY
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open

	Safety is AOK.

TESTING
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Dave Weinshenker

	Dave W. relayed news from Chuck that he and his were safe. Although it
was a near thing, and the ranch was aswarm with fire engines, it was not
damaged by the recent conflagration.

**** PROJECTS

Composites
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Kevin Bollinger

	Nothing to report

Gizmocopter
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Sean Lynch

	Nothing to report

KISS
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Dan Solvin

	Nothing to report

POGO
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Dan Solvin

	Nothing to report

SMARTFLIGHT
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Dave Weinshenker

	Nothing to report

Spike
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Sean Lynch

	Dan reported on the problem of obtaining 10-inch diameter stainless-steel
tubing with 1/8" wall thickness. Michael will follow up on this with
Sean.

NEW BUSINESS
============

	Dave W was in his Element.

Meeting #313 adjourned at 8:44 PM. Watch the list for information on the
next meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Chris Winter
Secretary, ERPS

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william jaeger | 1 Aug 2006 04:38

Mars peroxide

The availability of hydrogen peroxide in Martian soil won't be high 
enough to mine it. If the hypothetical production is dependent on water 
vapor, it will be extremely scarce. The amount that accumulates will 
level off at some minute contamination percent as (wind driven) motion 
of upper dust layers exposes the peroxide to solar UV and it breaks 
down. If the accumulation is large enough to produce the results seen in 
Viking experiments, we can set a lower limit to peroxide percent. 1% was 
mentioned. At that level how much soil would we have to turn over to 
accumulate a USABLE  quantity say 10 tonnes?  Too much I would guess. 
the man to ask would be Prof. John S lewis at U of A Tucson.
Regards
Bill Jaeger
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shadowmem | 1 Aug 2006 00:16
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Free peroxide!

 
Dan
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Michael Wallis | 30 Jul 2006 01:22

Next Meeting ...

The next meeting of the Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society will be
held this TUESDAY evening at the Shop (Unit 23) starting at 8:00pm.

Items for meeting #313 (01 Aug 2006) will include the election of
Officers for the 2006-2007 term. Positions available to participating
members are:

President:
  - calls and runs General Meetings
  - provides overall direction for the operation of the Society
  - directs officers and project leads in achieving the aims and goals
  - interacts with other organizations and agencies on E.R.P.S.'s behalf

VP Development:
  - reports regularly on development activites underway within the Society
  - co-ordinates and oversees the efforts of the Project Leads
  - promotes and encourages the furtherance of E.R.P.S. research goals

Treasurer:
  - keeps track of expenses by the various projects and issues
    reimbursements for authorized expenses
  - assists the members in raising funds for use by the Society
  - tracks and issues tax receipts in accordance with IRS regulations
  - assists Project Leads in developing and tracking their team budgets

Secretary:
  - records and reports the activities of the Society
  - supervises the web site (http://www.erps.org/)
  - records and report on the meetings of the Board
  - handles and tracks all offical correspondance of the Society

Nominees for these positions should be at least Participating Members
in good standing of the Society. Members in good standing are eligible
to vote at the meeting or to designate a proxy (who must also be a
member in good standing) to vote on their behalf). 

One of the issues to be decided by the new executive will be the dates,
times, frequencies and places of future meetings. 

    Michael
    (outgoing President)

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Jerry Durand | 17 Jul 2006 20:20
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Canyon fire

Anyone have any news if that fire hit the ranch or not?

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Michael Wallis | 8 Jul 2006 22:07

E.R.P.S. Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society will
be Saturday afternoon, July 15th, 2006. The meeting will include a
BBQ and sodas, reports on various projects within the Society,
discussion of plans for the future efforts and election of Officers
and Directors for the 2006-2007 year.

Who:	Members in good standing and anyone interested
What:	E.R.P.S. Annual Meeting
Where:	Home of Michael Wallis - 735 Vaquero Dr. Mountain View, CA
When:	2:00 pm - Saturday, July 15th, 2006
Why:	BBQ, Reports, Elections, Discussions, etc.

	735 Vacquero Drive
	Mountain View, Ca 94043
	(650) 938-3828

Take Hwy 101 to Shoreline Ave exit. 
Go SOUTH on Shoreline Ave past Middlefield Rd.
Turn RIGHT on Mountain Shadows Dr, just past Middlefield.
Turn LEFT onto Vaquero at the end of the street.
Number 735 is the second driveway on the LEFT.
Park along the street.

    Michael

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