Your own space program

Ever wanted to be your own boss, run your own space program but do not have the deep pockets of Richard Branson or the astronautical saavy of Burt Rutan nor the endurance of his brother Dick? You can try exploring near space through high altitude ballooning. The Treasure Valley Near Space Program in Idaho is a good source of information on the subject matter.

L. Paul Verhage has made available the first 15 chapters if his book on Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning (ARHAB) available for download, as well as articles on the same subject from Nuts and Volts magazine. Very cool reading indeed.

So go ahead and get you local amateur radio operators, high schoolers and other wanna-be astronauts to get out there and reach for space.

Make Magazine

One of the most unique magazines (or a "mook" magazine-book) that I have encountered is Make. Currently at Issue 5, this mook takes on projects such as building water bottle rockets, a jet engine in a jar and more. Definitively worth checking out.

Have to start it somehow

Random musings.....whatever comes to mind...whenever...these are the voyages of the Starship Rovotika. Its mission: to keep track of all the unique tidbits of information on technology subjects that I find interesting, with the hope that you can add your 2 cents to further the exchange.

Books, magazines, weblogs, websites. Your own unique ideas or insights.

For starters, I accidentally ran into a site where 2 very unique self published books are being offered for sale:

Build Your Own Programmable Lego® Submersible

Build Your Own Underwater Robot And Other Wet Projects

Perhaps not the easiest robotic project to tackle, but certainly an intriging one indeed.