Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #267
04 September 2003
The President called the meeting to order at 8:18 PM. Members present were
Kevin Bollinger, Rick Eversole, Sean Lynch, David Masten, Gerald Nordley,
Julie Porter, Dan Solvin, Adrian Tymes, Michael Wallis, David Weinshenker,
and Chris Winter.
Reports and discussion on agenda items were as follows:
DOCUMENTATION
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Chris Winter
Nothing to report
INFOTECH
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Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
LIAISONS
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Michael Wallis
The California Space Authority sent the usual materials.
The letter to the National Space Society RE: F.A.S.T. has not yet been
written.
LOGISTICS
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Sean Lynch
Nothing to report. I'm told this position has been eliminated, and I need
to update my records.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Michael Wallis
The Worldcon folks in Toronto never gave Michael a scheduled time for his
ERPS panel. Therefore, although he flew to Toronto, Michael gave Torcon a
miss.
TREASURER
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Rick Eversole
Rick delivered a detailed financial report. There was some discussion of
individual items. It was suggested that budgets for peroxide purchase and
for sparger/FF development be merged. An executive board meeting will be
held to decide this.
CHIEF SCIENTIST
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Kevin Bollinger
Kevin, being busy with his SBIR, had nothing to report.
FLIGHT CONTROLS
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Dave Masten
Nothing to report
PROPELLANTS/SPARGER/FF
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Pierce Nichols
Dave W has assembled the cooling jacket for his Teacart FF apparatus.
REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
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Dave Weinshenker
Plans for the October COMSTAC meeting in Washington, DC were discussed.
SAFETY
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Dave Masten
Dave M reported that an eye injury took place during last weekend's work
at the Rocket Ranch. The victim was taken to the nearest hospital. While
painful, the injury was not serious, amounting to a scratch on the surface
of the eyeball. Ironically, the victim was Dave Masten -- which just shows
that accident is no respecter of position.
TESTING
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Dave Masten
Nothing to report
**** PROJECTS
Composites
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Kevin Bollinger
Kevin is now fabricating test articles out of carbon composite. Progress
on his filament winder awaits a decision on how to implement mandrel
support.
There was extensive discussion of high-temperature (~800 F) epoxies and
how ERPS might make use of them.
Gizmocopter
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Dave Masten
See Flight Controls, above.
KISS
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Dan Solvin
Nothing to report
POGO
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Dave Masten
The Solidworks model is complete.
Dan reported that components of the tanks should arrive next week.
Design issues wrt the engine flange remain to be worked out.
SMARTFLIGHT
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Dave Weinshenker
Launch opportunies are scheduled for September 21 in Fresno, and at Black
Rock from September 25-28.
Spike
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Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
New Business
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In discussion of asteroid impact hazards, it was reported that the Torino
Scale 1 object will not hit us in 2014 after all. Readers of these minutes
will no doubt be able to guess the reaction that news brought. For future
reference, NASA JPL maintains a site where prospective close passes are
announced. Other sites, too, carry this information.
Meeting #267 adjourned at 8:57 PM. The next meeting will take place 18
September 2003. Courtesy of Rick Eversole, the location will be the San
Jose facility of Mentor Graphics.
AFTERMATH
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An unscheduled meeting of the executive board was called to order by Dave
Masten at 9:12 PM. Rick Eversole moved to merge the sparger/FF and peroxide
budgets. This motion was seconded, and carried in voice vote. The meeting
adjourned at 9:14 and immediately reconvened to consider a related
question. Michael moved to transfer $2,000 from the propellants budget to
POGO. Motion seconded by Dave M, carried on voice vote. Meeting adjourned
9:17 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Winter
Secretary, ERPS
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