missiles

Missiles
$15.98
I love walking into a record store and hearing something totally refreshing and that's what happened with this record. It's my first one for The Dears and every track is great. The night that I got the cd they were also playing in Allston, MA, so sadly I missed them and I go to their site from time to time in hopes that they playing around town.

I'm looking forward to more material!

Modern Missiles
$14.95
Modern Missiles contains unique footage of over 25 of the major Western types and is accompanied by a detailed script by leading aviation authority Bill Gunston. Ranging from huge ICBMs Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles capable of striking round the world to small, hand-held, throwaway anti-tank weapons, rockets and missiles the way in which wars are fought.

Tactical Missile Design (AIAA Education Series)
$99.95
This textbook is a great introduction to the design aspects of tactical missiles. Fleeman describes the various discipline-level elements associated with missile design including propulsion, guidance, structures, and the like, and then synthesizes these elements into a process for how to actually design a missile. This text is critical reading for those involved in the design of powered vehicles, which unfortunately is becoming a lost art as the workforce ages and new tactical missile development programs are few and far between.

Fleeman's text is full of figures and detailed explanations, and includes software on the CD that uses spreadsheet-based analysis tools to size new missile designs. If you have an optimization package, it is relatively easy to link this software and rapidly explore the trade space.

This is the best book of its kind, and an excellent text for a short course in missile design or as an element of a system design curriculum.

Marky Sparky Blast Pad Advanced Missile Launch System
$29.99
We absolutely love the Marky Sparky Blast Pad. My twins were 4 years old when we were looking for a "rocket." I bought this by accident off of the internet and it was so so easy for them to use. Just a little step on it would send the rocket over their heads. I really like how it worked on their coordination. As they've gotten older, we take it to the park and have no less than 20 kids jumping on it within a ten minute time frame. They never get tired of it. We've since moved and the kids on our block love it just as much. I've bought it as a birthday gift for friends and they can't stop raving about it. The twins are turning 6 soon and it is still in great shape. We just needed new rockets.

What I love about this is the safety feature. If you tilt the launcher to try to "hit" someone, there is a hole that appears at the base to allow the air to escape before going to the rocket. So the rocket dies or doesn't go anywhere. So I feel pretty safe when the kids have it in the street that no one will get one in the face.

It is definitely a hit with our friends and family. I highly recommend it to everyone.