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    The Dungeon's Top 10 of 2008 (2008-12-23)
    All and all, 2008 was a momentous year here in the Dungeon. On a personal basis, it started poorly but ended on a high note. But, since this is a rocketry blog, my top 10 is limited to on-topic ... [Read More]

    Stuff that's on my mind - satellites, the asteroid, yada, yada, yada (2011-06-28)
    Spying on the spies - Astro photographer Thierry Legault has images of the X-37B space plane and the Keyhole and Lacrosse satellites .  Includes background info on each. Space.com reports ... [Read More]

    "Where did model rocketry really start?" (2012-06-05)
    Issue 314 of Apogee's Newsletter features an article with the same title as this post.  Written by sport and professional rocketeer William Colburn,  the article features several ... [Read More]

    Links roundup (2012-06-20)
    Archtype Rocktry has come out with an inexpensive solution to doing dual recovery from one hole - the Cable Cutter. Modrocs on TV tonight!  Auction Hunters on Spike -  features ... [Read More]

    Retro-amateur rocketry abroad (2013-11-13)
    Earlier today, Flickr user Morbius19 , sent me a couple of links regarding the Manchester Interplanetary Society's rocketry activities circa the 1930's. The main site, Harry Turner's Footnotes to ... [Read More]

    A brief history of the Dangerous Origins of Model Rocketry (2014-03-18)
    io9 has published an interesting post about the history of model rocketry: The Dangerous Origins of Model Rocketry . The article explains that, while model rocketry has an 'almost impeccable safety ... [Read More]