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In the first picture, you can see my original Estes Mars Lander posing for the picture along
with a number of other classics in 1970; in the second picture (taken very recently), you can see the SAME Mars Lander behind the glass in my rocket display case in my garage (yes, it can still fly)....
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Mars Lander
The last recorded flight I can remember on my original was March 10, 1979 here in Louisiana sitting on top of my Tilt-A-Pad at the Bonnet Carre Spillway site.
Never had a bad flight on it. I have no idea why I felt it was necessary to write my name on my launch pad, or what flight toasted that leg on the pad in the picture ..... .
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That does it - I finally decided that I need to order a Mars Lander from Semroc!
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Lee, just as a suggestion. When you order the Mars Lander, think about buying the Laser-X SLS too. I really like how that upscale of the original Laser-X is put together, and it has some neat alternate motor mounts (4x18mm and 2x24mm).
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Me too!
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What are those gages in the glass case?? Temperature and humidity??
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No, that's my chess clock. Back in the heyday of my early model rocketry years, I was also very much involved in playing chess games (the Fischer - Spassky Match was the spark for that). I can tell a funny joke that happened at one chess tournament I went to in the early 1970's: It was in Baton Rouge, LA at some downtown hotel (next to the Mississippi River), me and a couple of buddies of mine were headed to our hotel room as we entered the elevator. There was a middle aged couple already in the elevator. After the doors shut and we started going up, the woman began to look a bit nervous at me; finally she asked me if I was carrying a bomb! I chuckled and said "No, this is my chess clock, and we're playing in a tournament here."
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Tim, You wouldn't happen to be a Semroc employee, would you? The Laser-X really grabbed my attention when I first visited the Semroc site. This would probably move me up to 79 unbuilt kits, instead of 77 ... and I'm awaiting two Interceptor-E kits from Tower, although I ain't holding my breath. By the way, no need to be sad about once being Level 1 -see my tag line "Builder First, Flyer Second" it is all about the building (and designing) for me, and not climbing the alphabet in motor sizes. Although for a builder, my backlog is ridiculous. And I used to be Level 2, but perfectly happy to be back at Level 0.
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