If we're doing it on the 20th, shouldn't the event feature lunar landers?
Wouldn't the Saturn 5 launches would be more appropriate for the November
ROCStock (first launch was 11/9/67)?
Mike
On Monday, December 10, 2018, 1:00:01 PM PST, Gary Schneider
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Works for me.
...Gary
On Monday, December 10, 2018 12:48:11 PM PST, Mike Ostby
<mikeostby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What does everyone think about moving the normal July launch (July 13) to the
following Sat., July 20th?
I dropped the ball on this as it was suggested to me many months ago. Its
certainly not too late to plan this. I will make sure it's on the agenda for
the next Board meeting And if it's a go, we'll start the process to adjust the
FAA COA and BLM permit date.
Please respond to this thread as it will reflect just how much interest there
is among everyone.
Thanks,Mike Ostby,President
On Mon, Dec 10, 2018, 11:49 AM R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
At the meeting, David EW asked about having a waiver for July 20th next year.
It will be a Saturday and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the
Moon.
I didn’t say anything about this at the meeting, and I regret that David. I
hope the Board gets this done. I think others support this as well.
Honestly, I’m disappointed that there wasn’t a ROC launch already planned for
that day and that NSL wasn’t going to be held then. I’m speaking for myself;
this is my opinion. I have a feeling that many people don’t understand the
importance of the past space program which included Apollo and this particular
achievement. That is, how important it is to some people that lived it. I
started thinking this when I saw a suggestion for a Saturn V drag race when
holding NSL was announced. Please don’t be offended, and I hope you understand
that this thing is just more significant to some people than others. For some
of us, it changed our lives in a big way.
Anyway, July 20th of next year is an important date. If others want to
celebrate the 50th anniversary on another day, that’s cool and I hope it’s fun.
BTW: you can see the info that NAR has on their website about the 50th
anniversary and what they hope clubs are doing that day.
Richard Dierking
TRA 11366, L3
