Recent content by James Halifko

I always kept the overall model rocket in careful balance, even while taking in account of glue and paint. The fins are carefully planed sanded and sealed. (been many years now I worked on them for our children when they were young I hope the thought helps you - all ours worked well except when...

I seemed to have friends whose parents did a better job preparing them for higher learning, while most of my family tended to say, "Don't go up too high with anything; know your place." I overcame the stigma by working through tech school, excelling in U.S. Army Missiles, and returning to school...

When I was nine years old, my dad left for what would be at least twenty-five years. Our family helped my mother raise me and my two younger brothers. One uncle who took on the role of surrogate father encouraged me to explore my interest in science to the limit a working-class family saw as our...

I have been curious for as long as I can remember: at least 70 years now. My life has been an eclectic collection of adventures and studies, not all in an academic sense. I have a background in electronics, an AA in Physics (A simple comment marriage sidetracked my formal education), a US Army...