Livermore Unit of the National Association of Rocketry       May/June 2000

LUNAR HOTLINE (925) 443-8705

PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT/EDUCATION

SECRETARY/TREASURER

Sheryl Cooper, SFCooper@2xtreme.net

MEMBERS AT LARGE

Robert Taylor, 74551.1701@compuserve.com (925) 447-2291

EQUIPMENT

Bill Orvis, orvis@csi.com

EDUCATION

Andrew Pohlman, apoh@sinewave.com

MEMBERSHIP

NEWSLETTER

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LUNAR is located in Livermore, California, about fifty miles southeast of San Francisco. We are organized to supply a safe, educational and legal means of furthering the hobby of model and high-powered rocketry in northern California, to aid and encourage the development of all club members’ knowledge and expertise in the area of rocketry, to promote youth education and community involvement, and to engage in scientific, educational and related activities. LUNAR is open to rocketry hobbyists of all ages to further the sport and science of hobby rocketry within the NAR (National Association of Rocketry) and Tripoli safety codes. These codes have allowed hundreds of millions of model rocket launches by hobbyists since the late 1950’s without serious injuries.

LUNAR also supports assorted rocketry activities of community youth groups. We have hosted launches (and in some case building sessions) for the Boy Scouts, 4H, Indian Guides, the GATE program, and LARPD Science Camp.

Section launches are usually held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month, unless preempted by other civic events. Our launch site is in Livermore at the soccer practice field of Robertson Park, adjacent to the rodeo grounds, in the southeast corner of town. Generally these are sport launches, although we occasionally hold sanctioned contest launches for points in the NAR national contest standings, theme launches where we focus on a particular class of rocket, and night launches.

LUNAR’s launch site has been certified by the Fire Marshall up through “H” power, and is the only place in northern California where this level of power can be legally flown.

The Hotline is available to provide up-to-date event information. It’s a good idea to call our Hotline to verify the date of the next launch or meeting.

On launch days, the Hotline recording is updated by 7:00 a.m. to reflect the Go/No-Go status of the launch. On launch days with questionable weather, it is especially important to call the Hotline to get the latest information. You can also leave messages on the Hotline.

The LUNAR annual meeting is held during the first quarter of the calendar year at a time and place announced to the membership. At this meeting, officers are elected and other club business is conducted.

Other section meetings are currently held on a bi-monthly bases. These meetings cover section business, and typically include presentations by club members or other experts on some aspect of the hobby, ranging from simple building tips to advanced science and engineering principles.

LUNAR maintains a World-Wide-Web site on the Internet. It is accessible via the URL (uniform resource locator)

http://www.lunar.org

There’s a lot of stuff to see there, and it always contains the latest information about LUNAR and our activities. For example, you’ll find our latest launch and meeting calendar, directions to our launch site, a gallery of photos from past launches, the on-line issues of the LUNAR’clips (the section newsletter), our section bylaws, pointers to member rocket pages, pointers to other rocket and space related information on the Internet, and lots more!

The on-line version of the LUNAR’clips is in some ways better than the hard copy version that we mail to the membership. For example, the on-line version often has color images or additional visual material that doesn’t appear in the hard copy version.