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Old 04-14-2009, 11:38 PM
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Could such a super company have the same time warp Semroc shipping that allows your order to arrive at your doorstep 15 minuted before you actually place it? I doubt it!
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Old 04-15-2009, 07:13 AM
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As long as I am alive, Semroc will never be for sale or participate in a merger.[snip] I meet more really good people on every trip than I EVER met in electronics.



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Old 04-15-2009, 07:25 AM
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It's "Gott sei Dank" and for you english folk that's "Thank god" (it ain't happening)
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Old 04-15-2009, 08:39 AM
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As long as I am alive, Semroc will never be for sale or participate in a merger. It IS my retirement, because I forgot how to fish and relax years ago. I meet more really good people on every trip than I EVER met in electronics.

Fishing relaxing??? I lived a block from a lake for 10 yeard and fished maybe three times.
Bow hunting for deer? Thats fun. Doing rocket stuff now thats my relaxation.
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Old 04-15-2009, 09:35 AM
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Frankensteining a bunch of great rocket companies together is fun dream, and sounds like a great proposition, but I like the identities that each of these companies has made for themselves.


Frankenstein is a good reference - you can stitch together great parts but if you give him an abnormal brain the townspeople will riot!
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Agree. Nightmare is the term that popped into my head when I read this.

But, but... the hobby could expand tenfold! (Somehow...)
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But, but... the hobby could expand tenfold! (Somehow...)
In all seriousness, we could be on the verge of another space race which could indeed fuel a rapid expansion of the hobby market.

I was looking at the article on the web about China's latest satellite launch.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunche...ass-launch.html

They're putting up their own GPS system. I can't draw a direct connection to how that would expand our space program - I can only anticipate some sort of competitive response - but it did occur to me this might prod the US to more activity which could in turn propel the hobby market.

Of course, moms might not be very amused when Junior starts asking for the newest Estes Search-and-Destroy Satellite Killer model But I'm sure vendors will want to supply whatever demand which might arise

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Thanks Leo. 44 years of not speaking German and Polish anymore.
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Old 04-15-2009, 10:44 AM
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I agree with Carl. I have tried to form several teams over the years. Too many type A personalities in rocketry. That's why I suggested a mere distribution co-op. That already works in a variety of industries.

I wouldn't mind seeing Estes release one Semroc kit a year. Some might see real commercial success and Carl is likely to be far less needy than NCR was.

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They're putting up their own GPS system. I can't draw a direct connection to how that would expand our space program - I can only anticipate some sort of competitive response - but it did occur to me this might prod the US to more activity which could in turn propel the hobby market.


I doubt it will fuel any increase in the space program budget at all. It wouldn't fit in well with the new administration's "Spread the Wealth" program.
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