First Post

I am starting this blog as a 'live' notebook. The idea is to collect the information in numerous notebooks scattered around and condense it into one place. At some point, this blog will go away and I'll replace it with a wiki. Until then...
Since this is rocket science, we'll see some chemistry, physics and math. However, most of the chemistry will be stoichiometry so, if you took it in high school you'll be able to follow along. The physics shouldn't be too much of a reach. I'll try to keep the math to a level where anyone can do it.
In the beginning, most of the math will cover things like calculating escape velocity, specific thrust, energy in chemical reactions, and (really) basic orbital mechanics.