11-28-2011, 12:31 AM
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Too Many Initiators is Never Enough
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 2,404
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Originally Posted by Rocketcrab
You know Bob, I recall this whole episode, just not the story behind the discontinuation of the Dark Star. Somewhere in the mess that is our basement, I think I have a VHS tape of the Dark Star's RMS flight - was it at NARAM that year? Either way, I think you sent it to me - it WAS impressive!  |
George,
Yes, the Dark Star/RMS-18/D13 combo was flown several times at NARAM-33 which was held in 1991 outside of Chicago, IL.
I was thinking about that same video while typing my posts. I will have to get that video out and watch it again some day. There's a great scene where Mary Roberts is getting the third degree from a woman who has just flown an AeroTech HV Arcas model and wanted to know why Estes wasn't making products for the adult rocket market. After 30-40 seconds, Mary suddenly looks to the side and sees me filming the exchange. She walks over and puts her hand over the lens of my video camera. 
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