Minutes of ERPS General Meeting #282
06 May 2004
The President called the meeting to order at 8:07 PM. Members present were
Sean Lynch, Dave Masten, Pierce Nichols, Gerald Nordley and his wife Gayle,
Julie Porter, Adrian Tymes, and Chris Winter. John McGowan from the Mars
Society visited.
Reports and discussion on agenda items were as follows:
DOCUMENTATION
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Chris Winter
The CD-ROMs were ready in the nick of time for Space Access. Chris picked
them up at the supplier on Wednesday, 21 April. He departed at 2:30 AM on
the 22nd, missing the traffic in the Bay Area, and arrived in Phoenix at
7:30 PM. Despite the lack of an ERPS party, three membership renewals and
five $20 donations resulted. So it was worth the effort. John Carmack and
Henry Spencer got complimentary CDs.
INFOTECH
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Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
LIAISONS
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Michael Wallis
Pierce gave a report on Space Access '04, which was his first experience
of that excellent conference. At the risk of leaving something out, I
believe I can summarize his report thus:
What's good at SA '04?
A launch license to XCOR;
JP Aerospace goes for
Sending a slow boat to or-
bit, and much much more.
Any questions?
Dave M gave a report on the ERPS panel. His assessment: it went well.
Pierce also reported that he, Dave M and Michael expect to attend the
COMSTAC meeting on May 20-21.
Gerry has a party room reserved at Baycon for Friday and Sunday nights.
Saturday is being worked on. He needs to know which night ERPS prefers for
its party.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Michael Wallis
Nothing to report
TREASURER
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Rick Eversole
Nothing to report
CHIEF SCIENTIST
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
FLIGHT CONTROLS
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Dave Masten
See the entry for Gizmocopter.
PROPELLANTS/SPARGER/FF
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Pierce Nichols
Pierce reported that Freezewheel Mark I, most of its parts machined,
awaits assembly and testing.
REGULATORY
AFFAIRS
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Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
SAFETY
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Dave Masten
Safety is AOK.
TESTING
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Dave Masten
Nothing to report
**** PROJECTS
Composites
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Kevin Bollinger
Nothing to report
Gizmocopter
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Dave Masten
Sean reported that:
* The Crossbow IMU and flight computer are mounted on Gizmo's chassis.
* Dave M is working on IMU interface code.
* An 802.11 card is en route.
* Dan has four more lead-acid batteries on order. These will be
swapped out in pairs, permitting multiple consecutive flights.
KISS
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Dan Solvin
Nothing to report
POGO
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Dave Masten
Construction proceeds.
SMARTFLIGHT
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Dave Weinshenker
Nothing to report
Spike
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Sean Lynch
Nothing to report
NEW BUSINESS
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Adrian reported that XCOR will show its EZ Rocket at the Wired Nextfest in
San Francisco on 14 May.
John McGowan introduced himself as the chairman of the local chapter of
the Mars Society. This chapter, with about eight active members, will be
presenting a "Mars Spaceday" at the Tech Museum on Saturday (8 May). He
would like to visit our workshops at some later date.
Meeting #282 adjourned at 8:30 PM. DUE THE PRESENCE OF ERPS PRINCIPALS AT
COMSTAC, the next meeting will take place on 27 May at the Denny's on
Bowers Avenue in Santa Clara. Watch the list for full driving directions.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Winter
Secretary, ERPS
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