Hollister and the Central Valley's 
Amateur Rocket Society


 
 

Our Core Team

Crew Member
Hanger Tasks
General Launch Tasks
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Bill Colburn
Project Leader
All Launch 
Operations Oversight
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Suzanne Kellogg 
Administration Assistant, Photography
Administration Assistant, Photography, Crew Support
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Steve Zwaska
Design and Documentation
Flight Computer
Flight Computer
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Kim Cook
Machinist, Assembler, Alchemist 
Vehicle Assembly
Tower Integration
Dave Pond
Assembly, Programming
Vehicle Integration
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George Deli-Santi
Recovery and Ground Support
Launch Director and RSO
Fuel and Fire
Recovery
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Bob Fortune
Recovery, Composites, 
Facilities Design and Support
Vehicle Integration
Fuel and Fire
Recovery
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Jeff Jakobs
Test Stand, Scale Tests
Ground Support
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Mike Yamamoto
Composite Structures 
Nose cone and fin assemblies
Optical Tracking
Tim McCormick
Telemetry, and things that go beep....
Downlink
Larry Roberts
Machinist Assistant, Assembly, Jr. Alchemist
Assembly and Preperation
Chip Dryden
Assembly and Logistics
Assembly and Preperation
Mark Holthaus
Launch Control Officer
California Licensed Pyrotechnician
Rockets, 1st Class
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Kevin Baxter
Launch Tower
Vehicle/Tower Integration
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Our Many Volunteers and Supporters

If you'd like to join our team, Click Here
 Contributors: (made substantial material or service donations)
 Larry Pezzolo  - - Machining

 John Louis  -  - Machining

 All Rite Aluminum  - - Materials  and trailering

 Wright Brothers  - - Welding and parts

 Don Zimmerman  - - High pressure spun tanks

 Chuck Piper  - - Rocket Ranch Test facilities

 Pacific Rocket Society  - - Test facilities

 Hollister Internet  - - Internet services and web 

 Financial Support: (principal funding)
 Jonathan Dunbar 
 Mark Geislinger
 John Carmack - -      ID Productions
 Supporting Volunteers: (have contributed materials as well as time)
 Bob Fortune
 Steve Zwaska
 Mike Akers
 Mike Yamamoto
 George Deli-Santi
 Dave Pond
 Kim Cook
 Tim McCormick
 Jeff Jakobs 
Hangar Volunteers: (hands-on vehicle work at the hangar)
 Steve Zwaska
 Kim Cook
 Mike Akers
 Dave Pond
 Larry
 Chip
 Suzanne Kellogg
 Mike Yamamoto
 Bob Fortune
 Bill Colburn
 Jeff Jakobs 
 Test Site Construction: (fabricating test stand and blockhouse)
 Chuck Piper
 Bill Colburn
 Kim Cook
 Steve Zwaska
 George Deli Santi
 Mike Yamamoto
 Scott Johnson
 Suzanne Kellogg
 Jeff Jakobs 
 Instrumentation: (test site data acquisition)
 Russ Bruner
 Steve Zwaska
 Tim McCormick
 Tracking: (determine vehicle's altitude and impact site)
 Terry McElheran
 Mike Yamamoto
 Dave Oback
 Flight Computer/Electronic Payload: (design and fabricate and test)
 Steve Zwaska
 Tim McCormick
 Mechanical Assembly: (responsible for the final assembly of the vehicle)
 Kim Cook 
 Vehicle Design and Simulation: (originate the concepts for the vehicle)
 Bill Colburn
 Jeff Jakobs       Second stage system design and testing
 Mechanical Design: (add many new concepts, redesign for assemby)
 Steve Zwaska
 Kim Cook
 Bill Colburn
 Recovery Systems: (get the vehicle back intact)
 Bob Fortune
 George Deli-Santi
 Composite Structures: (fabricate nose cones, interstage couplers, and fins)
 Mike Yamamoto
 George Deli-Santi
 Bob Fortune
 Documentation: (tracks all designs and design changes on fotos and drawings)
 Steve Zwaska

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How to volunteer for the SORAC project


Please contact us at:

space1space@sbcglobal.net
1-831 637-2442 

P.O. Box 204,
Hollister, CA 95024

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