EMRR's Memory Lane - 1998 - 2010

History:   Current

• Original Banner created by Mike of Rokkit Scientists -
• January 1998 - First Upload: Included 25 Kits Reviewed and a Featured Reviewer - Tim Wood
• February 1998 -Added Hints links; Guest's experiences (later called Guest's Stories)
• March 1998 - Added Vendor Recognition - Apogee
• April 1998 - Announce 1st Rocket Give-Away Winner - Patrick Wright
• My First Banner Attempt -
• May 1998 - Added What's New page and Guest Opinion forms
• June 1998 - Hit 124 products reviewed - Added my Flight Logs
• July 1998 - Added a JAVA Search Engine
• August 1998 - Added M.O.P.S. and Announcement List
• September 1998 - Added Contributor and Manufacturer Links
• October 1998 - Added Review Submission forms
• November 1998 - Official Tips Database. Changed to CGI Search Engine

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• 1999 Banner -
• January 1999 - Entire Site overhaul in format. Hit 203 products reviewed
• February 1999 - Started archiving DesCon
• March 1999 - Added Automatic Problem Reporting
• April 1999 - CGI generated pages and Special Word Search page
• May 1999 - Introduced myEMRR
• July 1999 - Added SuperSearch, Parachute and Streamer Calculators to myEMRR (later put on Tools page) Hit 368 product reviews/articles.

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• January 2000 - Entire site revamp, integrated BuyRockets links, added Flight Log database, started 1st Photo Contest. Hit 455 product reviews/articles.
• January 2000 - Lunar Newsletter Article:
• March 2000 - Activated ROCKETREVIEWS.COM domain name
• 2000 Banner -
• May 2000 - What's New format updated to sort and added Information Dots
• June 2000 - Hit 529 product reviews/articles.
• July 2000 - Hit 1000 Flight Logs in database
• October 2000 - Added List by Author . Announced 1st EMRR Calendar to support NAR/TRA Legal Fund.
• November 2000 - Enhanced Flight Log database report features.
• December 2000 - Shipped our 1st NAR/TRA Legal Fund EMRR Calendar! Hit 633 product reviews/articles. (total with multiple reviews on same product now at 833!)

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• February 2001 - New server and new look! Introduced the RockSim Library.
• 2001-2 Banner -
• April 2001 - Added CP Library, greatly enhanced FlightLog database
• June 2001 - Began listing OOP Vendors in standard listing. Hit 848 product reviews/articles. Hit over 3000 Flight Log entries.
• August 2001 - Introduced the individualized Flight Profile page. Also added the Manufacturers' Recommended Motor Library.
• October 2001 - Added ability to R.I.P. rockets on Flight Log entries. Decoupled Guest's Opinions from reviews to allow dynamic (saving me time) updates.
• Hit 1000 Review/Article
• December 2001 - Shipped our 2nd NAR/TRA Legal Fund EMRR Calendar! Hit 1016 product reviews/articles.

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• January 2002 - Started the EMRR Hit List. Introduced "EMRR on CD"
• March 2002 - New gothic, tabbed look (as it is today). Created a new Specific Rocket Tip database and entry system. Hit 5000 Flight Logs in database
• April 2002 - Added random pictures to the Stories page
• May 2002 - Had to add anti-robot programming to the site and added the "how many online" feature.
• June 2002 - Released the 1st Essence Aerospace Technologies (EAT) Kit - 18mm Lambda Shuttle. Hit 1189 product reviews/articles.
• August 2002 - Added RockSim Library file version detection programming
• October 2002 - Released the 2nd-cut of "EMRR on CD" - 09'02 version
• November 2002 - Implemented dynamic Vendor Recognition pages - they can update them on their own now.
• December 2002 - Introduced Certification Level categories for rockets. Hit 1324 product reviews/articles. Hit over 7000 Flight Logs

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• 2003 Banner -
• January 2003 - Web's first-ever Virtual Rocket Contest utilizing Apogee's RockSIM.
• February 2003 - Added two Flash-based games in our Attractions pages.
• April 2003 - Introduced totally new look. Big changes requiring almost all scripts to be adjusted!
• June 2003 - Implemented Affiliates. Added EMRR Chat!
• July 2003 - Broke the 1500 reviews/article milestone. Hit 1521 product reviews/articles.
• November 2003 - Added Rocket Glossary - huge! Hit over 1000 RockSIM files
• December 2003 - Released the 3rd-cut of "EMRR on CD" - 12'03 version. Hit over 10,000 Flight Logs!

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• 2004 Special Banner -
• April 2004 - Near re-write of Flight Profile and Flight Logs database. Added many new features and improved looks.
• August 2004 - Went backward in time and added a date to every review that I could find.
• October 2004 - Changed the left menu and became Essence's Model Rocketry Reviews and Resources. Major RockSIM Library overhaul. Introduced the new Links Library
• November 2004 - Broke the 2000 reviews/article milestone. Hit 2026 product reviews/articles.
• December 2004 - Added ability to save "draft" reviews to be finished at a later time. Added first ever Featured Story. Released the 4th-cut of "EMRR on CD" - 12'04 version.

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CLICK TO CONTINUE January 2005 - Kicking off the year right with the 2005 EMRR Challenge!. Introduced Featured Stories with the 2005 Challenge. April 2005 - Hit 1/2 Million "Front Door" Guests to the site! May 2005 - Converted all RockSIM's to at least version 6 or higher to work with RockSIM 8 Demo. June 2005 - Kicked off Second-Opinion Rally Shrox-made Banner - June 2005 - Kicked off Second-Opinion Rally January 2006 - Return of the Challenge! April 2006 - Introduced the first ever "Design this Spaceship" contest. A big, bit hit! Also broke the 2500 reviews/article milestone. Hit 2550 product reviews/articles. September 2006 - A lot of updating to Flight Logs and ability to have club sites enter logs directly from their site. January 2007 - The EMRR Challenge continues to have draw! Introduced Featured Tips with the Challenge. January 2007 - Eliminated the YahooGroups! and began running own eList. March 2007 - Finished fully integrating the new EMRR Super Hit List into the site's what's new and search engine. This was among many site "freshening up" activities. May 2007 - Introduced the first ever Rocket Video contest June 2007 - Integrated Featured Tips into the regular tips database. October 2007 - Made significant changes to the dynamic building of reviews... now only builds when there is new information or refreshes every 5 days. GREATLY improved the speed of the site. December 2007 - After some persistence of guests, released the 2008 EMRR Calendar using Cafepress. Hit over 25,000 Flight Logs! *All pics found on EMRR in reviews, contests, or elsewhere. January 2008 - 10 Years Old! Started the "Essence of Essence's Model Rocketry Reviews" BLog. Started the You FLEW it, Please REVIEW it! campaign. February 2008 - Officially kicked off the Who's Who in Rocketry Registry. Went over 3000 product reviews/articles. March 2008 - Started the EMRR Corner in Apogee's Newsletter. April 2008 - Started the EMRR What's New RSS Feed. May 2008 - Eliminate self-maintained eList and now using HTML Newsletter service. July 2008 - Completed first ever Box O' Parts Contest. Introduced new Picture Archive format for Manufacturer Archives. September 2008 - Major Flight Log Form overhaul including allowing pictures to be added to Flight Logs. Also introduced the Flight Log Management feature! December 2008 - Switched over to a new server provider. January 2009 - 11 Years Old! Started the "Elevate Eleven" contest which is also tied to the Apollo 11 40th Anniversary. A tremendous amount of back-ground site work has taken place including many, many time saving factors. February 2009 - Added the Glossary Word Pop-Up for each of the reviews... very cool! Also started background work for the EMRR on CD. March 2009 - Re-introduced "EMRR on CD". Major script and site overhaul eliminating most on-the-fly page builds. EMRR presented at NARCON 2009 April 2009 - Hit over 30,000 Flight Logs! and went over 3,500 product reviews/articles. May 2009 - Converted the RockSIM ZIP Archives to by Manufacturer. June 2009 - Improved the Flight Logs database format to allow for better control of Total Impulse, Total Cost, and faster generation of tables. August 2009 - The Flight Log database, Search and Profile has gone through a near-100% revamp! This was the biggest programming project on EMRR in a quite a while and it has made Flight Log management much easier for the user and EMRR. January 2010 - 12 Years Old! Another exciting year ahead of us! August 2010 - Hit over 35,000 Flight Logs! and went over 3,900 product reviews/articles. RETIRED FROM EMRR!