ROCK HILL, South Carolina USA — Modern HPR Press and Trafford Publishing is pleased to announce the release of a new book on high-power rocketry. Modern High-Power Rocketry is a one-stop information resource for the rocket hobbyist ready to take the step from Estes to high-power.

This book offers detailed instruction and guidance in building and flying high-power rockets and is packed with more than 400 black-and-white photographs detailing nearly every aspect of high-power.

Modern High-Power Rocketry contains 14 chapters in nearly 240 pages covering topics such as the Fundamentals of High-Power Motors, Motor Retention, Ejection Charges, Igniters, Clusters, Electronics, Deployment and Recovery and Building Your First Four-Inch Motor.

Written by Mark Canepa, an experienced Level 3 rocketeer, this book is ideal for entry-level through Level 2 high-power rocketeers who are searching for a single reference work as they make their way through the certification process with either Tripoli or the NAR.

Modern High-Power Rocketry was published in November, 2002 and retails for $25.00, plus $4.95 for shipping and handling in the United States. This book will be available through Amazon.com in the new year, but for a limited time members of the NAR and Tripoli will receive 15% off the cover price for copies ordered directly from Modern HPR Press.

For more information and a list of all the topics covered in this new book, log on to http://www.modernhpr.com.