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LAUNCH Magazine is a bi-monthly glossy magazine produced by MM Publishing, Inc. of New York.  Mark Mayfield, editor-in-chief of LAUNCH Magazine, has been in the publishing business long enough to know what works, having served as editor-in-chief of House Beautiful, America's oldest home magazine. 

Previous magazine stints include editor-in-chief roles at Traditional Home, Southern Accents, Arts & Antiques and InCircle Entree. Prior to the magazine industry, Mark had a unique role as an original founding staff member of USA Today, where he spent 10 years as an editor and writer.  Today, he leads what has already become recognized as the largest circulation rocketry publication after just three issues.

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The unique thing about the new Rocketry Planet T-shirt is the random image on each shirt. Just as our website displays a random image at the top of each page, each T-shirt comes with a random image at its top. This will make each T-shirt nearly unique! All images are pulled directly from the Rocketry Planet gallery of assorted header images. 

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Please join us in extending your thanks to these two companies who are making Rocketry Planet a better place for all of you, the readers.

This is a limited time offer, which may be discontinued at any time.  Discontinuation will not affect anyone who has an article already submitted.  Articles must meet minimal submission guidelines for content, length and usability.  Copy-written material will not be accepted. 

We cannot guarantee that we will use your article.  Any article not accepted for publication will be returned, with suggestions for modification to allow for resubmission or a disclaimer of why the article will not be published.  Any author who submits an article grants Rocketry Planet the right to publish their article, however the author retains all copyright in their work and may reuse it in anyway they see fit.

Rocketry Planet is interested in well-written features, how-to articles, product reviews, "how I did it" stories, tips and hints, instructions, technical reference, research and other articles that will help our audience gain knowledge to further their pursuit of hobby rocketry.  Articles that are primarily advertisements will not be accepted, however sources and references are encouraged.

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03-04-2007 12:56 PM  #1
dwmzmm Certified Level Two   Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 55	Heck, I wish this annoucement was made several months ago; I've already subscribed to LAUNCH magazine!!

03-04-2007 02:10 PM  #2
ddmobley Administrator   Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2146	How about a nice T-shirt? You can still get a nice T-shirt for your contributions.

03-07-2007 07:56 PM  #3
H_rocket Certified Level Three   Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 262	Well I'm doing a Red Glare 2 report for the two days I am there. Need the magazine. Wonder if I do a NERRF3 one as well, can I get the t-shirt as well?

03-07-2007 08:18 PM  #4
ddmobley Administrator   Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2146	Quote: I'm doing a Red Glare 2 report for the two days I am there. Need the magazine. It'll be waiting on you... Quote: Wonder if I do a NERRF3 one as well, can I get the t-shirt as well? Yes! In fact, you can get multiple T-shirts!

03-07-2007 09:54 PM  #5
dwmzmm Certified Level Two   Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 55	Quote: How about a nice T-shirt? You can still get a nice T-shirt for your contributions. Ok, now that you mention it, what is meant by "limited time?" I'm already slightly "burned out" from the product review I wrote (PDRocketry's Gemini Titan - 3) just posted in EMRR last week. Well, let's see...we have spring break coming up next week; my kids are begging to go to Space Center Houston, and I want to start on some more new model rocket builds (so much to do, so little time!)...

03-07-2007 10:05 PM  #6
ddmobley Administrator   Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2146	Quote: Ok, now that you mention it, what is meant by "limited time?" I know what it's like to need a break. "Limited time" means that these particular sponsors have given me a finite number of "awards" to be offered. That doesn't mean that I won't be negotiating with more sponsors to step up to the plate and begin offering comparable awards as well, keeping the program going. I do plan to continue the T-shirt awards myself, which would mean me paying for it out of my pocket, but it is worth it to get good content from a variety of external sources. I have this belief that people get tired of just seeing stuff that I write.

03-07-2007 10:16 PM  #7
dwmzmm Certified Level Two   Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 55	Quote: I know what it's like to need a break. "Limited time" means that these particular sponsors have given me a finite number of "awards" to be offered. That doesn't mean that I won't be negotiating with more sponsors to step up to the plate and begin offering comparable awards as well, keeping the program going. I do plan to continue the T-shirt awards myself, which would mean me paying for it out of my pocket, but it is worth it to get good content from a variety of external sources. I have this belief that people get tired of just seeing stuff that I write. Alright, I'll see what I can come up with...

01-07-2008 10:20 PM  #8
ddmobley Administrator   Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2146	Re: Get a free subscription to LAUNCH Magazine or a Rocketry Planet T-shirt Quote: Well I'm doing a Red Glare 2 report for the two days I am there. Need the magazine. Wonder if I do a NERRF3 one as well, can I get the t-shirt as well? I wonder if he's still working on these articles .... ???

01-07-2008 10:32 PM  #9
SQUEEK42984 Level 3   Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 45	Re: Get a free subscription to LAUNCH Magazine or a Rocketry Planet T-shirt Maybe his reviews are like fine wine, they grow better with age or like 40 year old whiskey.

01-08-2008 08:25 AM  #10
H_rocket Certified Level Three   Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 262	Re: Get a free subscription to LAUNCH Magazine or a Rocketry Planet T-shirt Ouch.... I think I made it about halfway through the first one, then the fact that I have the attention span of a Cocker Spaniel Puppy with ADD kicked in. Lemme go see if I still have my notes.

01-08-2008 09:54 AM  #11
ddmobley Administrator   Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2146	Re: Get a free subscription to LAUNCH Magazine or a Rocketry Planet T-shirt No need now, Al, perhaps add it to your list of honey-do's for this year.

01-08-2008 09:55 AM  #12
H_rocket Certified Level Three   Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 262	Re: Get a free subscription to LAUNCH Magazine or a Rocketry Planet T-shirt You got my promise that I will do at least one timely article for you this year.

01-12-2008 07:48 PM  #13
markkoelsch Level Two   Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 16	Re: Get a free subscription to LAUNCH Magazine or a Rocketry Planet T-shirt Darrell, if we wanted to submit an article, how would one go about it. What format should it be in, what type of graphic files, etc? Thanks, Mark Koelsch

01-12-2008 08:01 PM  #14
ddmobley Administrator   Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2146	Re: Get a free subscription to LAUNCH Magazine or a Rocketry Planet T-shirt Articles can be submitted in any format that I can read them in, preferably flat text files or unformated Word documents. Please send images separately. If you like you can attach all to a singular email to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , or you can Zip them up and attach to email. You can also upload them anonymously to ftp.rocketryplanet.com in the "incoming" directory via FTP. I am very flexible. Contributors are very appreciated.