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The Demise of Model Rocketry?
Mark Lytle writes "Due to restrictions imposed by the rather broad Homeland Security Act, the hobby I suspect many Slashdotters, being technology buffs, grew up with, the Estes Model Rocket is now firmly on the endangered species list. The little cardboard rockets I learned science with in high school are evidently suspected of being potential weapons of mass destruction. Go figure. Perhaps by getting involved, we can stop this sillyness... Anyway, i hope so...."
well, there is one particular drawback... those americans that are fond of their body cleanliness will now be extremely stinky...
I am the submitter of the article. Yes, I did oversimplify the issue, for brevity and to create interest. I could have written a more detailed and accurate intro, but it may have been too pendantic to be aired. This of course would insure that people would have had no knowledge this was happening. The branch of the government known as the ATF has been actively working to shut this hobby down now for many years, partly out of concern for aircraft, and partly a concern over the possibility for malicious misuse. I think in the new age we live in, this concept is called "terrorism" So I stand by what I said, both in intent, and in content. I don't care about the purists, they get nothing done. I do care about the truth, and that's what I have pointed people towards. How much of it they pick up, and how well they pick it up, will depend on their individual ability. In a democracy, that's all you can do....
No because it is people that kill, not WMD. WMD(be they biological, nuclear or chemical), automobiles, rockets, baseball bats, hammers, knives, and many other implements/tools can be and are used to kill people. Do we outlaw automobiles, rockets, baseball bats, hammers, knives? No, of course not ...
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