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    Aerospace Engineering at STEP (2009-01-15)
    I'm all excited, because this next semester I'm going to be taking aerospace engineering via S econdary T echnical E ducation P rogram. I don't know much yet; all I know is that its major outcomes ... [Read More]

    Ejection Charge Ground Test (2010-08-10)
    Yesterday I pretty much finished all the details that were left to finish on Stinger, so he was officially ready to fly. But I knew that I had to test the ejection charges, considering I had never ... [Read More]

    Certification Attempt Tomorrow: Gulp. (2010-08-13)
    Tomorrow is my one shot at certification until next year. I hope to use Stinger for my L1 cert on a Cesaroni I285. If I pass L1, I'm hoping to try L2 on a J285. If everything goes correctly, I ... [Read More]

    PrISUm (2010-09-07)
    I decided to check into some student clubs and organizations, just to see what opportunities there are to get involved. One thing led to another, and I find myself on Pr ISU m, Iowa State's Solar ... [Read More]

    USLI Testing Proceeding Interestingly (2011-01-19)
    Our USLI project is progressing on schedule. We completed the building and launch of a scale model of our launch vehicle, which went very well. Even in a light breeze it was very stable and flew ... [Read More]

    XCOR to Open New Operations/Manufacturing Facility in Florida (2012-08-24)
      XCOR Aerospace announced Thursday that it would be establishing a new base at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for manufacturing and testing of the company's Lynx suborbital ... [Read More]

    Rockoon (2012-10-14)
    I have delayed posting about this semesters project for awhile now, but now that I have a decent amount of material to present it is time to post it here. The idea of a rockoon system is to lift a ... [Read More]