[roc-chat] Re: March Launch
- From: Kurt Gugisberg <kurtgug@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:26:42 -0800
Yeah, Mike Riss is a good one for walking the range with a plastic bag and
picking up trash after the launch. He is the main reason that the pad
areas are clean. If we could get the "Beer for Trash" program going, I
know that we would at least have Kramer out there picking up stuff. :-)
Kurt
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:34 PM, R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I’m with Kurt on this one. I wasn’t suggesting that we need another
> program or trash cans. However, I do appreciate the thoughts on possible
> ways to help. In my opinion, we need to accept that we are going to be
> picking up other peoples trash and we’re going to have to nag about
> preventing litter.
> Some people are already doing this; I believe we need to expand
> this existing ‘program.’
>
> Richard
>
> *From:* Kurt Gugisberg <kurtgug@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 1:12 PM
> *To:* roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Great. You can be in charge of installing and maintaining them. As you
> say, couldn't hurt. Anything to get people to pick up trash. Just need to
> empty and remove them from whatever they are attached to at the end of the
> launch.
>
> Kurt
>
> Kurt
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Robert Patrick Lees <rlees001@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> If we put the coffee cans near the launch sites, people may throw away
>> the previous users igniters in it, the wires are still usually still
>> attached to the clips. It couldn't hurt.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Gregory Lyzenga <lyzenga@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I’ll bet if we had a program where kids got free rocket prizes for
>>> turning in used casings, igniters, nozzle plugs, etc. they would rapidly
>>> become an endangered species! (The trash, not the kids!)
>>>
>>> - Greg
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 17, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Kurt Gugisberg <kurtgug@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not a bad idea Robert. However, most people don't go back to the pad
>>> area to dump there motor casings. The area around the pads is usually
>>> picked up anyway at the end of the day. If we could get people to pick up
>>> igniter wires and motor casings that they see laying around, that would
>>> help. They can take it back to their camps or stick it in their pockets.
>>> Most people won't do that however. We have found that the best way to keep
>>> the lake bed clean is to have everyone pick up and and pack out their own
>>> trash *and* pick up anything they see on the ground. It is real easy
>>> to walk by stuff and think someone else will pick it up but if everyone did
>>> that the lake bed would be a mess. So if everyone was conscious of the
>>> trash around them and picked up...problem solved.
>>>
>>> Kurt
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Robert Patrick Lees <rlees001@xxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My dad had an Idea while we were at the launch that I think could be
>>>> beneficial. We should attach a paint can or a coffee can to the low power
>>>> launch stand and to the continuity box for the larger pads. That way,
>>>> people have a place to put spent igniters, motor casings, etc. when they're
>>>> setting up their rockets. It wont cost the club much, and people my littler
>>>> less because the can will make it more convenient.
>>>>
>>>> I have some extra cans we can use if that's an issue, and to attach we
>>>> only need to drill some holes in the can and use some tie-straps.
>>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>> Gregory A. Lyzenga <lyzenga@xxxxxxx>
>>> Dept. of Physics, Harvey Mudd College (909) 621-8378
>>> Claremont, CA 91711-5990 mobile (626) 808-5314
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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