If there was one place on the Internet I would point a brand new hobby rocketry enthusiast to, hoping they would catch the fever, Vern Knowles' web site would consistently be among the top choices that comes to my mind. Vern has put together one of the most comprehensive rocketry websites on the Internet today.

Everything starts somewhere, even if determining exactly where is difficult to pin down. But when you are dealing with three times the fun, sometimes it gets down right difficult. Three times anything can be a lot, yet other times, it can be just right. When it comes to Rocket Team Vatsaas and the three brothers involved, you'll have to be the judge.

The goal of presenting regular website reviews is to help introduce you, the reader, to the wealth of information that is available to you and to help uncover the specific information that you find enjoyable, beneficial and a valuable addition to your participation in the hobby. One of the subjects that seems to intrigue many modelers is the construction of composite components. 

When most rocketeers think of the state of Florida, their mind immediately goes to Cape Canaveral, the launching point used by NASA to compete in the great space race during the 50's and 60's. Certainly that is a very good conclusion to jump to. But Florida is also known for a lot of other things, like being the lightning capital of the world, and Tampa and the surrounding area has become known as the lightning capital of the state!

As large as the Internet is, it's strange to end up geographically in similar places, yet this Website Review finds us back in Birmingham, Alabama where Clark Word lives and earns a living as a graphic artist while also attending college.  Word, age 40, is a member of both the National Association of Rocketry and the Tripoli Rocketry Association as well as a member of the United States Parachute Association, where he enjoys hanging under a parachute just like his rockets do. 

Verna and Randy DeArman, both 50, live in Pinson, Alabama, just north of Birmingham.  They both work for a local SBA lender where Verna is in charge of servicing and Randy is a sales manager and on-site inspector.  And they both enjoy the thrill of model rocketry and share their excitement with others through the model rocketry web site, VernaRockets.com. To them, model rocketry is a family affair.

Paul Gray, a 15 year old high school student from outside Denver, Colorado, is is a member of the Colorado Rocketry Association of Space Hobbyists (CRASH), and has been involved in rocketry for eight years. He's put together a pretty good website too, sharing the basics he's learned with anyone else who cares to dive in.