EL DORADO HILLS, California USA — The very first Mavericks International Space Competition, scheduled to be held this weekend on the Black Rock Desert outside of Gerlach, Nevada has been cancelled due to inclement weather.  The event has been postponed until July of 2008.

CEDAR CITY, Utah USA — AeroTech has engineered a new, greatly improved G80T Blue Thunder™ single-use model rocket motor, which is being shown for the first time to attendees of the iHobby Expo trade show in Chicago, IL from October 18-21.

PRINCETON, Illinois USA — Tonight at midnight is the close of pre-registration for the largest high power rocketry launch to be held in the midwest, Midwest Power V.  Once pre-registration closes, there will be no onsite discounting of launch fees, so register now.

WESLEY CHAPEL, Florida USA — In an online announcement earlier today, Paul Holmes, chairman of the Tripoli Rocketry Association's TMT motor testing division released their latest certification results for two newly certified motors from Jim Harris' company, Gorilla Motors.

ONEHUNGA, Auckland, NZ — Hobby rocketry enthusiasts in the United States are spoiled compared to what enthusiasts in other parts of the world face, especially when it comes to getting rocket motors.  U.S. participants should consider themselves lucky compared to people in New Zealand.