Photographer Scott Andrews and his crew recorded and edited more than 500 hours of video captured by 12 cameras to complete the time-lapse view of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s trip from Florida to California.
Surplus Rocket Names
I’ve seen a few posts in rocketry forums where people ask for help naming a rocket. I never seem to have that problem. In fact, right now, I have a surplus of potential rocket names saved up that I’ll probably never get around to using. So, I thought I would offer them here for the taking.
- It Looks Like Sausage
- Freud’s Nightmare
- Freudian Ship
- The One Where Rachel Doesn’t Wear a Bra
- Fred
- Toad
- Wet Sprocket
- What Goes Up
- Mega Chihuahua
- Armageddon
- Bionic Bimbo
- Alpha II Electric Boogaloo
- Jabberrocket
- Snakes on a Rocket
- Failure to Launch
- Phfft!
- Quasimodo
- Snot
- Must Come Down
Building a Bigger Big Daddy Akavish
Bracha and I are rebuilding our Big Daddy Akavish after its hard landing at the March NEFAR launch.
We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better…stronger…faster.
Follow our progress in the Bigger Big Daddy Akavish Build at RocketReviews.com.

University High School’s 1/40 Scale Space Shuttle
Shortly after moving to Orlando in 1994, I visited a local hobby shop where I bought a copy of Sport Rocketry magazine. A large model of the Space Shuttle adorned the front cover. Reading the article, I discovered that the rocket had been built and flown by students of University High School, close to where I worked.
I wasn’t yet back “into” rocketry at the time, but I was intrigued. So, I called the teacher, Rob Catto, and he invited me to come see some parts of the rocket.
What I found most surprising, other than the idea of an I motor (the largest I had seen up to that time was a D), was how lightweight the parts of the shuttle model are. Rob handed me one of the SRBs to hold. It weighed just a few ounces. The secret to such light weight is that the model was constructed more like a model aircraft than a typical rocket. Instead of building things in and around a central body tube, the rocket was constructed using lightweight spars and ribs covered by a thin film.
Shortly after reading the magazine article and meeting Mr. Catto, I purchased an Estes Saturn V kit. That was when I really got back into the rocketry hobby.
I was reminded of the magazine article and meeting Mr. Catto when I came across a page on the Internet with information about the UHS Space Shuttle and videos of some of its flights – including one at Walt Disney World.
The New PayloadBay.com
Eventually, I’m going to move the launch photographs and “Tools” from PayLoadBay.com to RocketReviews.com. That won’t leave much of interest here, so I’ve decided to turn PayloadBay.com into my personal rocketry blog.
Moving Photos to RocketReviews.com
I’m currently in the process of moving the photos from the PayloadBay.com gallery to the RocketReviews.com Photo Albums. It’s a bit of work, so I’m just moving an album or two at a time when I get the chance.