starship-design: Bad News

[KellySt@aol.com]

I just got bad news a few minutes ago.  

Rex Finke, who used the E-mail address DotarSojat (Dotar Sojat was the name 
the green Martians gave John Carter.) was killed Monday, Oct 22, while flying 
his little Challenger II.  Don't have the accident report yet but from what 
I've heard it was probably engine failure. 

He was a major poster in the LIT group when it was at its height a few years 
ago.  He also was a great technical source of info since he was on a bunch of 
space projects.  Probably the most famous being the Orion pulse fusion design 
project.  

He was also a good friend.

His funeral is Saturday 10-27 at 3PM at Miller Funeral Home in Woodbridge, VA.

Kelly