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Of course, this doesn't apply to the kind of rockets most people launch from their backyards, as only the G-class and up engines are prohibited.
quote:The 62.5-gram level for a single engine is reached around the mid-G-motor level, said Trip Barber, vice president of the National Association of Rocketry (NAR), the hobby's recognized leader in promoting model rocketry.
and an exemption is already in the works
quote:That inclusion of APCP and black powder on the explosives list has been a point of contention by the rocketeers toward the government from the very beginning, a fact underscored by U.S. Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., who is planning to propose a "technical correction" to the rules regarding model rocketry.
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Bananas are high in potassium, I seem to recall. That's a bangy sort of chemical, isn't it? Oh, you'd never believe I studied chemical engineering. . .
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"Then, I eat the banana, thus rendering him defenseless!"
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I'll stick with my usual sixteen-ton weight.
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and, in more extreme circumstances, for Taiwan.
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I WAS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS TOO LATE TO RSVP
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quote:...of the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) ...
they register any starships?
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And it still cannot surround you completely.
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