It's a shame what this newsgroup has become. It's all about "Jerry", whose only real "contribution" to the hobby is to pollute this newsgroup with crazed ramblings, conspiracy theories, deceit, and insults to other flyers/members, folks who make a real contribution. Unfortunately, killfile-ing Jerry is not enough, as his various detractors, supporters, those who vie for his "mantle", those who feel that they just have to respond and the politically curious add enough noise to the group as to drown out the signal. Is it any wonder that there's less rocketry content on this group? You can imagine the innocently curious visiting, and running screaming.
I miss the posts from Peter Alway, but he left the building some time ago. Ditto with Tim, Shrox, Dale, Chuck, Rob, Gary, Erik and others. Thanks to the remaining who try to make a difference, but I fear that Jerry and his rubber-neckers have made the place a toxic waste dump.
Is there another forum where so much noise is not welcome, and folks talk about building/flying rockets? Where I can learn about new rockets from Applewhite, how the Outlander compares to the Mars Lander, what the folks at ASP are up to?
-- Todd