Hello All,
Having missed out on getting one of SpaceX's Falcon 9/Dragon scale model rocket kits that they sold through Amazon.com (see:
http://www.amazon.com/SpaceX-Falcon..._pr_product_top ), today I called SpaceX (see:
www.spacex.com ) to ask when the kits would be available again. The lady I spoke with told me that they have placed an order for another production run of the kits. Also:
She added that she couldn't give me an estimate of when the kits will be available, but she said that while SpaceX will sell this new run of kits through Amazon.com (having sold my book through Amazon.com, I understand why, as Amazon.com handles all of the ordering & shipping process), SpaceX will eventually sell the Falcon 9/Dragon kits directly. When I suggested to her that the Falcon Heavy would also make a good scale model rocket kit, she confirmed that they are also thinking along those lines. Needless to say, all of this news made my day! :-) In addition:
I e-mailed a link to Gus' "Model Rocket Self-Adhesive Body Wrap Application Tutorial" (see:
http://forums.rocketshoppe.com/showthread.php?t=10456 ) to SpaceX. If they posted the link on their web site to help the builders of their kits, it would be great PR for SpaceX, Gus, model rocketry in general, *and* our humble little forum here...