[tccrockets] Re: TCC Blackrock?
- From: Rob Diehl <rwdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tccrockets@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 10:16:13 -0700
I'd go - depending on schedule of course.
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> On May 30, 2014, at 11:03 PM, "Richard King" <drrbk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Our esteemed President – James- brought up the prospect of our club members
> making the trek to Blackrock to conduct it’s own “balls” (note the lower case
> “b”) launch some time in the future. I just wanted to get a sense of how
> many people in our club would be interested in making the trek. I’m guessing
> about a third of us have made the trip many times and some have never been.
> I cannot begin to describe the experience of being at Blackrock. It’s like
> the old west, Indian reservations, antelope, crazy open spaces, rental cars
> going 100+ mph for miles at a time, bizarre rock formations, volcanic hot
> springs, people taking risks with their rockets they wouldn’t ever do
> anywhere else (Shawn knows what I’m talking about...), stars seemingly so
> close you can see the milky way from one horizon to the other, eerie silence,
> potentially hostile weather and of course the clearest visibility imaginable.
> I’ve only been 20 times or so, but I never get tired of going. Making the
> trip with a bunch of TCC members would be so cool! In addition, the only
> hotel – and a must see anyway – Bruno's, can get booked solid during Balls
> (I’m still on the wait list), but we could book a weekend where it would look
> like more of a ghost town than it already is.
>
> At this time, I’m just resonating with James’ energy about a bunch of us
> doing this! I know I have an N3400 skid that needs that place! Heck, if
> there’s enough interest, maybe a group project really would need to be
> considered? Just saying.........
>
> What kind of interest is there among us?
>
> Richard King
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