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Old 02-04-2017, 03:10 AM
Sheryl@Semroc Sheryl@Semroc is offline
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Originally Posted by astronwolf
Thread reminds me of one great truism in hobby rocketry - You're not going to get rich by going into the rocketry business. We have about 60 years of history to prove that. Countless vendors have come and gone. RAH is just another example of someone who got into the business for whatever reason (most likely because it's cool and they enjoy the hobby), runs for a while, and then fades away. Launch magazine had its precedents (Model Rocketry, Extreme Rocketry, High Power Rocketry magazines). RAH has its precedents (countless vendors). Even GHS tried to get into the business for many years and couldn't get anything to stick. Quest died.

Still more new people will come into the hobby ignorant of its history and try to recreate the wheel. Especially after attending a couple big launches and thinking that there might be some money to be made here. There will be new Launch magazines and new RAHs. Another one bites the dust.
-W

We restarted Semroc knowing we weren't going to get rich. We were able to keep Semroc going without getting an outside job as most smaller companies have to do. We also knew it took only one person to get on the forums and complain about our service/products to shut us down.
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