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From: snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com Newsgroups: rec.models.rockets,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: rec.models.rockets FAQ Part 03 - Rocketry on the Internet Followup-To: rec.models.rockets Reply-To: snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) about Model and High Power Consumer Rocketry
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Rec.Models.Rockets Frequently Asked Questions: PART 3 OF 3
ROCKETRY ON THE INTERNET
3.1 How do I get to the r.m.r archive site?
The old Sunsite rec.models.rockets archive has not been active since sometime in 1999. The archives are now part of the ibilio.org domain:
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3.2 What is available from the r.m.r archive?
The r.mr. archive used to be the 'official' archive site for rocketry-related materials submitted by r.m.r contributors. The archive was active during the years 1995-1998 and is today a historical archive. The archive still has a number of useful files. The following are some of the subdirectories of the archive, and a brief description of what is in them.
ARTICLES - documents. Informative how-to articles, and other text.
BATF - BATF information
CATALOGS - manufacturer catalogs (a few might actually be current)
CYBERROC - various software for rocketry, including VCP
DIGITRAK - a directory for DigiTrak rocket flight modeling software
ELECTRONICS - rocketry electronics
FAA - FAA information
GRAPHICS - pictures of rockets, launches, and people, scale data, logos, etc.
LISTS - certified motor lists, club listings
PLANS - rocket plans, including old kit plans and decal scans
PROGRAMS - rocketry software, including tracking software and propep
PROGRAMS.MAC - rocketry software for the Mac
PROGRAMS1 - more rocketry software
PROGRAMS2 - even more rocketry software
PROGRAMS3 - yet even more rocketry software
PROGRAMS4 - lots more rocketry software - Go Nuts!
R.M.R_POSTINGS - an archive of r.m.r. postings from late Nov.
1991 to 1997
RASP - a directory for RASP rocket flight modeling software (PC and Mac)
RMRFAQ - the r.m.r. FAQ dated 1997-10-16
ROCKetCAD - demo CAD software for rockets
SOUNDS - .WAV and Macintosh System 7 sound files of launches
Winroc - a directory for WinRoc rocket flight modeling software
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3.3 How do I upload files to the r.m.r. archive?
You can't.
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3.4 Is there any way I can still post articles to the newsgroup?
You can still post to rec.models.rockets, and many other newsgroups. Google maintains a web portal:
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3.5 What are some interesting model rocketry sites to check out?
Sections like this were created in the old FAQ because many people were experiencing the internet, in something resembling its modern form, for the first time. People had no experience with how to find information on the internet. A selection of links remain... as for the rest.... you know how to search for it.
NAR - The National Association of Rocketry home page
*** U.S. ROCKETRY CLUB HOME PAGES BY STATE ***
see club listings at NAR and TRA websites
*** WEB SITES OF GENERAL INTEREST TO ROCKETRY ***
Apollo-Saturn Reference Page John Duncan's guide to the Saturn V and Saturn 1b, with loads of scale data for the modeler.
2002-11-24
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