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Website Excellence Award

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For the Third year in a row MARS website has placed top 3, Second Year IN A ROW, MARS has won the NAR Website Excellence Award! Each contest year, the Section Activity Committee of the National Association of Rocketry presents a Website Excellence Award for the top four Section websites. The winners are announced at NARAM and are presented with plaques. They also earn the right to display the award results on their website along with the appropriate Website Award Burst. Unlike the LAC Newsletter Award, no submissions are required. The only … Continue reading →

MARS Members at NARAM-62*

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Hi all, opening day is nearly upon us. A few things you can still do to help The Setup Party begins this Friday morning at 9am’ish we will of course buy lunch. As always we cant run this without volunteers like you. The sport range will have our usual signup sheet with hourly shifts to make it easier, you are more than welcome to take 2 in a row. Dan Wolf, a former MARS President and competition director still needs a few shifts filled during the week. See him, he … Continue reading →

New Leadership

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As Many of you are aware “Team Jurus”  Dennis, Janice and Troy have moved to the sunshine state of Florida, they will be missed but MARS will Continue. As nature abhors a vacuum, a Pair of Dan’s and Greg Young have stepped up to fill a HUGE VOID! Dan MacNeal will be taking over for Janice as the MARS Treasurer. Dan, from Gasport NY is a father of three with a grandson on the way. A Level -2 flyer, he is an avid R/C enthusiast, Scout Master, Ham radio operator, … Continue reading →

NYPOWER 23

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After waiting a YEAR NYPOWER-23 is in the books! May 29 – 31 2021 Setup day was a rough one and that is being KIND! Cold, rainy and windy! It was so bad that we must give a personal shout out to these people! Dennis Jurus MaryBeth Greg Young Michelle McCortney Miles McCortney David Plankenhorn Larry Wakeman Tom Broad Covid put a hamper on many things even the ability of the museum to mow the grass, which continued into this spring.  Bill Clune came out Wednesday in a vein attempt … Continue reading →

June Launch Update

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Hi all, Dennis will be on the field this Friday morning at 9am to setup anyone who wants to help is MORE Than Welcome to join in! Also as many of you know this is most likely the last launch Team Jurrus will be attending as they are moving to Florida! Dennis will be bringing almost all of his rockets with him on Saturday for a Barn Yard SALE Bring CASH! The MARS Wear Store was mistakenly closed by Sports Locker for a few days it is back open now. … Continue reading →

June Launch

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Hi all, READY to FLY SOME ROCKETS?? Our June Club Launch is THIS WEEKEND, the GRASS is being MOWED on Wednesday and the crops are still low! So, FLY’M High or Blow them up Spectacular! For you Tripoli members our club launches are all EX events as well..! If you don’t know yet, thanks to Bill Clune we now have an online store to buy all sorts of MARS apparel, Embroidered hats, polo shirts, hoodies even some luggage. By popular demand there is now a printed section, where you can … Continue reading →

NARAM 62 Registration is NOW OPEN

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The NAR, in collaboration with MARS (Monroe Astronautical Rocket Society), NAR Section #136 and SRC (Syracuse Rocket Club), NAR Section #566, invite you to the National Warplane Museum field in Geneseo, NY for NARAM-62 and the Rocketry Festival. The flying field is one of the best in the Northeast, with acres of flat, mowed grass.  This is the farthest east a NARAM has been held in 12 years.  NAR members from the Northeast and beyond are encouraged to attend, fly, and make new friends! NARAM and the Rocketry Festival will feature 7 … Continue reading →

MARS Wear Store

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The MARS Wear Store is now open! Check out the selection of Embroidered shirts, hoodies, hats even luggage! Orders are filled as they come in and shipped Direct to You from Sprots Locker inOlean NY  

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Cleanup Party 2021

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What a turnout for the cleanup A HUGE Thanks to everyone who helped, proving once again Many hands make light work and MARS is not only the oldest but the BEST rocket club around!! Troy Jurus Janice Jurus Dennis Jurus Mickey Rowe David Plankenhorn Bill Clune MaryBeth Clune Tom McCarthy Larry Wakeman Eric Gallo Michele McCortney Dan McCortney Miles McCortney Frank Salamone Joseph Avins Scott Plankham Pavel Mokiyenko

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Composite HP clustering and staging at Geneseo

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Due to the geographic proximities of not only the National Warplane Museum with its vintage aircraft, but also the college campus of Geneseo and the prison, we have certain unique limitations that other fields don’t have. Previously no composite HP clustering/staging was allowed. In order to allow a progression of both knowledge and psychomotor skills, the board of directors has decided to allow restricted composite HP clustering and staging to determine if this can be safely done within the limitations we have at this site. All fliers wishing to fly … Continue reading →