LDRS on Science Channel

Unfortunately, I don’t get the Science Channel. I’d love to have a copy (almost any format) if someone records it.

THanks,
Ken

Ken

Ill be recording it tonight so I can make you a copy if you want.

Well, i recorded it, and can likely get it to DVD if someone really wants to see it. Pain in the arse with my DVR setup though.

I was really excited when in the first 60 seconds i saw at least 5 occurrences of Art, Doug Gerrard, and James Russell (presumably, sorry dont know James by face) or their handiwork (Odyssey twice, one of Doug’s camera rockets, and some of his footage).

Sadly, they never came back 🙁 , and the show was pretty low on “science” content, even for the science channel. They focused on the whole thing as a competition, highlighting the now-infamous J drag race and an odd-roc-to-100ft thing. Add in some commercials and re-caps of the last segment, its not particularly engaging.

While I don’t think that they put a *bad* face on HPR rocketry, they sure did not do much to convey that a good deal of us have methodical methods, truly understand (or build) our motors, and the thinking and mechanical skill put into our creations. Didn’t even get a little diagram explaining CP/CG.

They didn’t paint us as dangerous or particularly crazy, just enthusiastic and quirky, which is probably ok. Rocketman Michaelson and Wildman Lehr were ok, and i guess Discovery feel they make for better television antics than Team Odyssey’s engineering prowess.

I didn’t expect to be impressed at all, so overall I guess it was at about my level of expectation.

I’m glad someone finally said something. I had hoped to see Doug, Art, and James as one of the features, too. In my humble opinion, it portrayed us as blowing rockets up more than the successful flights we have.

😉