05-01-2009, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Sandy, UT
Posts: 206
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Misisng stuff
I think Mike makes it sound like everything that left Estes was taken from his desk.
Not the case. Not by a longshot.
We had a number of the Laser Launchers that were sent out for evaluation as part of our marketing effort - that's how Sanford got one, and I distinctly remember sending a few others out to "lucky" rocketeers for testing.
In addition, we could've made the launch controllers - we had a large number of the chipsets fabricated - but, it didn't end up with the profit margins that Barry wanted, and it was dropped.
I understand there was a great "purge" of the old R&D offices before I got there, and a lot of stuff was taken home, rather than put in the dumpster for disposal.
Matt
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