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By Bill Lilley
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 11:50 a.m. EDT, Jul 09, 2009
LAKE TWP.: Steve Eves doesn't think he'll suffer from separation anxiety this weekend when he heads home and leaves his baby behind in Huntsville, Ala.
Eves delivered his 36-foot, 1,650-pound Saturn V hobby rocket to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center late Wednesday night. The rocket, which set four world records for hobby rockets on its lone launch April 25 at a farm in Maryland, will be placed today as a permanent display in a building near one of the three Saturn V rockets still in existence.
Eves said he plans to complete the paperwork with museum officials this weekend to finalize his donation of the rocket that created a stir around the world in its flight.
''Just the honor of having the U.S. Space and Rocket Center call me and want to put it on display with the real thing will ease whatever anxiety I have this weekend over leaving my biggest project ever behind,'' Eves said.
''It was a labor of love for 26 months, but I knew all along that the rocket was built for one flight. Now that it will be in a museum dedicated to NASA stuff, people will get to enjoy it for years and years into the future.''
Eves said he had the rocket on display last weekend in Potter, N.Y., at the 26th annual Large Dangerous Rocket Ships launchings.
''Everybody who had seen the launch on YouTube or read about it in newspapers or magazines was amazed at how much more awesome it is to see it in person,'' said Eves, who had been storing the rocket in the extended garage at his house in Lake Township.
''There were nearly 800 people who saw it and they all said they loved seeing it in person. Pictures just don't do it justice. It was a great hit there, and I'm sure it will be a big hit as well at the Space and Rocket Center.''
Eves said he would have liked to have been able to display it on a float in the upcoming Pro Football Hall of Fame Timken Grand Parade in Canton, but officials at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center pushed him to have it at their facility by this weekend for its annual Red Stone Days. That event honors former workers and astronauts who performed Saturn V testing at the Red Stone Arsenal.
Eves said the only stipulation he hopes to include in the donation papers is that he can reclaim his hobby rocket if museum officials decide not to display it in the building with the Saturn V.
''I don't foresee that happening, but I just want to cover myself,'' Eves said. ''I just want to be sure that people will be able to see it on display forever. What the heck would I do with a 36-foot rocket other than store it in the garage?''
Eves said the U.S. Space and Rocket Center found a company to donate $1,000 to cover his travel expenses to deliver the hobby rocket to the museum.
Bill Lilley can be reached at 330-996-3811 or blilley@thebeaconjournal.com.
LAKE TWP.: Steve Eves doesn't think he'll suffer from separation anxiety this weekend when he heads home and leaves his baby behind in Huntsville, Ala.
Eves delivered his 36-foot, 1,650-pound Saturn V hobby rocket to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center late Wednesday night. The rocket, which set four world records for hobby rockets on its lone launch April 25 at a farm in Maryland, will be placed today as a permanent display in a building near one of the three Saturn V rockets still in existence.
Eves said he plans to complete the paperwork with museum officials this weekend to finalize his donation of the rocket that created a stir around the world in its flight.
''Just the honor of having the U.S. Space and Rocket Center call me and want to put it on display with the real thing will ease whatever anxiety I have this weekend over leaving my biggest project ever behind,'' Eves said.
''It was a labor of love for 26 months, but I knew all along that the rocket was built for one flight. Now that it will be in a museum dedicated to NASA stuff, people will get to enjoy it for years and years into the future.''
Eves said he had the rocket on display last weekend in Potter, N.Y., at the 26th annual Large Dangerous Rocket Ships launchings.
''Everybody who had seen the launch on YouTube or read about it in newspapers or magazines was amazed at how much more awesome it is to see it in person,'' said Eves, who had been storing the rocket in the extended garage at his house in Lake Township.
''There were nearly 800 people who saw it and they all said they loved seeing it in person. Pictures just don't do it justice. It was a great hit there, and I'm sure it will be a big hit as well at the Space and Rocket Center.''
Eves said he would have liked to have been able to display it on a float in the upcoming Pro Football Hall of Fame Timken Grand Parade in Canton, but officials at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center pushed him to have it at their facility by this weekend for its annual Red Stone Days. That event honors former workers and astronauts who performed Saturn V testing at the Red Stone Arsenal.
Eves said the only stipulation he hopes to include in the donation papers is that he can reclaim his hobby rocket if museum officials decide not to display it in the building with the Saturn V.
''I don't foresee that happening, but I just want to cover myself,'' Eves said. ''I just want to be sure that people will be able to see it on display forever. What the heck would I do with a 36-foot rocket other than store it in the garage?''
Eves said the U.S. Space and Rocket Center found a company to donate $1,000 to cover his travel expenses to deliver the hobby rocket to the museum.
Bill Lilley can be reached at 330-996-3811 or blilley@thebeaconjournal.com.
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Posted 02:25 PM, 07/09/2009
I would have liked to see it. Congrats Steve.
norton, oh
Posted 05:02 PM, 07/09/2009
your amazing man. Keep up the good work. your rocket is now in the history books, I am an engineering student at Akron U and me and my buddies talk about it often. Thanks again for your hard work. LONG LIVE SCIENCE!!!
Posted 09:15 PM, 07/09/2009
This was a great happy story, and hopefully we'll keep hearing from Steve.
Congratulations, but I wish the rocket was on display here in Akron somewhere.
I also hope NASA contacts Steve with some offers !
Posted 12:27 AM, 07/10/2009
Awesomely cool!
Tallmadge, Oh
Posted 10:17 PM, 07/10/2009
Steve I do believe that you may have started the maiden voyage of some child's imagination that will help usher in a new era of this science, art and hobby. Just make sure you are available often for those speaking engagements and try to appear to as many "shoot offs" as possible. Thank you.
Canton, OH
Posted 11:35 PM, 07/10/2009
yawn. . .
