Greetings Society members, patrons, and anyone else reading this announcement. We would like to announce that there will be a work event Sunday of next week, October 1st at the MTA. During this event we’re looking to:
Finish the solar array on the Dosa Building
Continue work on the restroom
Do brush clearance
Some members of the Society are already committed to being present, such as Dimitri and Joe Dominguez, but many hands make for short work, so we’d greatly appreciate anyone who dedicates the time to aid the Society with it’s continued work on improving the MTA.
The Reaction Research Society held a private launch event for the Aerospace Corporation at the Mojave Test Area on Thursday, September 14, 2023. RRS member, Jerry Fuller brought his team and experimental two-stage rocket for a proprietary technology demonstration. Osvaldo Tarditti was the pyrotechnic operator in charge for that event. No details of the launch were to be published by the customer’s request. We thank Aerospace Corporation for their continued business.
On that same day, the RRS received two pre-fabricated, air-conditioned office containers to the Mojave Test Area as part of our ever-growing facility upgrade plans. The society will have a 20-foot office container and a 40-foot crew cabin which will allow the Dosa Building to serve as a workspace for projects.
RRS member, Dimitri Timohovich, oversaw the inspections, unloading and placement operations.
The society is grateful to our suppliers, Falcon Structures and Get Hooked Crane Service, for their coordination and professionalism. The society is next planning the electrical power routing necessary to bring these assets into full service.
The society will hold a work event on Sunday, October 1, 2023, to continue facility improvements already underway including the modest photovoltaic array on the Dosa Building.
The next RRS monthly meeting is Friday, October 13, 7:30pm at the front office of the Compton/Woodley Airport.
Last weekend saw a big dent put into the bathroom project. On Friday, 3/3/23, I was able to install the 2 remaining pass-throughs, one for the water to enter the container and one to serve as part of the shower drainage.
Clean cut window and a look from the insideSupply header pass-through in place.
I was able to also attach the main drainage line to the outside drainage line and set up to connect the shower drainage to the main line.
Saturday, 3/4/23, started out with nice weather and I was able to connect the water line from the pass through and run it to the pump area. More PEX lines were run and a manifold was made for a bypass incase of pump failure. Final attachments will need to be made.
Dave showed up just in time for the wind to pick up. Meanwhile, I started to tie in the electrical and build a small control box with a main switch and voltmeter. Unfortunately, Dave couldn’t stay long and after lunch I went back to more electrical work. Meanwhile, the weather kept getting worse.
Sunday, 3/5/23, was cold, very windy, and with scattered showers, so I packed up early and headed back to town.
Next event is coming soon. Progress and next steps to be discussed at the March 10th monthly meeting.
New plumbing feedthroughs Voltmeter installed for checking battery health.
We are getting close to having the restroom become operational. We hope the weather continues to be favorable.
