Thanks for trying. Too bad the request to extend the launch was not granted,
but it still sounds like it will be a very cool launch, and it is nice we can
extend it into the evening a bit. Usually it’s hard for me to justify a trip
for a 1-day launch, but this is definitely an exception, and I will be there —
failure is not an option! (Wait… that’s a different Apollo mission.)
I think there were some Apollo-themed contests planned for Dairy Aire. Are any
of those rolling over to this launch?
Eric
On Jun 4, 2019, at 12:14 PM, James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nope. We can't have anyone at the launch site until the actual launch. This
is for a multitude of reasons.
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 12:11 PM ravenfireflyer <ravenfireflyer@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ravenfireflyer@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
James
Can I arrive on Friday the 19th for an overnight in my trailer on the
Moonwalk Launch?
Vito
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 4, 2019, at 10:47 AM, James Dougherty <jafrado@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jafrado@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hey Folks,
This has been the most difficult year for rocketry on record! We had our
shutdowns from the FAA earlier this year and then the heaviest monsoon
season to date.
We hadn't cancelled DA (DairyAire) like that since 2015 and from what I
found out,it is good we did (the field was a swamp).
Anyhow, some folks asked me to get an extension for 2-days for the July
(Moonwalk) launch and I tried, but unfortunately that request was denied.
The first manned spacecraft landing on the Moon was at 1:17 p.m. PDT
(20:17:40 UTC) on July 20, 1969, when the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, the
Eagle, landed in Mare Tranquillitatis, located at 0°4'5"N latitude,
23°42'28"E longitude on the moon.
So the July 20th launch will happen on the same date, 50 years later.
Although it is a one-day launch,I do plan to keep the range open until
Sundown (which would be 8:24 PM PDT) and am expecting a moment of silence
and possibly a launch of the largest Saturn-V vehicle around 1:17PM.
All that being said, we will make plans for an Apollo commemorative T-shirt
and you can pick that up at the July Launch. I really suggest that everyone
who hasn't signed up for this shirt please do the same since it will be a
one of a kind collector edition (signup link here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZvLujW2k7uI6qDhECWM_yg50ptYT8l2j99jYAZcWQtk/edit?usp=sharing
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZvLujW2k7uI6qDhECWM_yg50ptYT8l2j99jYAZcWQtk/edit?usp=sharing>)
FYI - we'll have our next big 3-day launch ("October Skies") on October
18,19,20 so make sure to save the date
for that launch weekend.
Best regards
-James
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